NORWICH, 


CONNECTICUT 


Its    Importance    as    a    Business    and   Manu- 
facturing  Centre   and   as   a 
Place   of   Residence. 


A  Brie/  Review  of  Its  Past  and  Present. 


issued  by 
THE  NORWICH    BOARD    OF  TRADE, 


January,    1888. 


NORWICH  : 

PRESS    OF     THE    P.ULl.ETIN    COMl'AXV 
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OFFICERS  OF  THE  NORWICH  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 


Fresuleiit, 

HUGH   H.  OSGOOD. 


Vice     Presidents, 

E.  WINSI.OW  WILLIAMS. 
Dr.  P.^TRICK  CASSn)V, 
FRANK  A.   MITCHE[,L. 


Recurdiiig    Secretary, 

CHARLES  E.   DYER. 

C<>rres|»<»ii<liiiij    Secretary, 

IL    H.   GALLUl'. 

Treasurer, 

JONWTH.W    TRI'.NHiULL. 

Kvecutive     Coiiini  i  t  toe, 

H.   n.  OSGOOD. 
E.  WINSLOW  \VH,LL\MS.  PATRICK  CASSIDV, 

FRANK  A.   MnxiIELL.  SOLOMON    LUCAS, 

EDWIN  S.   ELY.  WM.   N.   HLACKSTONE, 

ADAMS   W  CARROLL.  LVMES  A.   IIROWN. 


(»1  I'lCKRS    OF     TIIK    NOF<\VICH     HOARD    OF    TRADE. 
<;<>iiiiiiitt>e     oil     Trades     an«I     Manufactures. 

AMOS  \V.   PRENTICE, 
THOMAS  D.  SAYLES,  CHARLES  BARD, 

WM.   ir.  SIUKLDS,  DANIEL  M.   LESTER. 

Coirmiittee     on     Entertainments, 

DAVID  A.    WELLS, 
WW.  A.  AIKEN,  ARTHUR  H.  BREWER. 

EDWARD  N.  CHBBS,  ARCHIBALD  MITCHELL. 

Cuniniittve     on     Arbitration, 

CHARLES   BARD, 
JEREMIAH  J.  DESMOND,  JAMES  IT.  ARNOLD, 

REUBEN  S.  BARTLETT,  WM.  T.  LANE. 

Committee     on     Transportation, 

HENRY   H.    GALLUP, 
CHARLES  E.  DYER,  JOHN  H.  CRANSTON, 

ADAM  REID,  \VM.  C.   MOWRY. 

Committee     on     Statistics, 

JOHN   C.    AVERILL, 
BE  LA  P.   LEARNED.  JOHN  T.  BROWN, 

FRANK  J.   LEAYENS,  S.  ALPHEUS  GILBERT. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  NORWICH  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 


Aiken,  Wm.  A.      ....     .  Prop.  Norwich  Nickel  Works. 

AvERii.L,  John  C Clerk  Courts  N.  L.  County. 

At.my,  a.   H Pres.  Bozrah  Mineral  Spring  Co. 

.A.NDRE\vs,   P.   St.   .M Superintendent  N.  &  W.  R.  R. 

Arnold,   J.    H Builder  and  Contractor. 

Barber,  M.  Angelo      ....  Machinist. 

Bard,   Charles Receiver  Hayward  Rubber  Co. 

Blackstone,  J.   D.   T Cotton  Manufacturer. 

Blackstone,  VVaf.   N Cotton  Manufacturer. 

Barstow,  John   P Stoves  and  Farming  Implements. 

Brewer,  Arthur  H Coal  and  Lumber. 

Brown,  John  T.       .....  Agent  Marvin  Safe  Co. 

Brewer,  J.   M Druggist. 

Butts,  H.   L File  Manufacturer. 

Bishop,  Herbert  M Physician. 

Beckwith,  a.  a Flour  and  Grain. 

Browning,  Charles  I).    .     .  Groceries  and  Dry  Goods. 

Bill,   Henry Book  Publisher. 

Briscoe,  Willis  A LaVvyer. 

Brown,  James  A Wholesale  Grocer. 

Bart  LETT,  R.  S Grocer. 

Brand,   Junius  A Supt.  Norwich  Aqueduct  Co. 

Bliven,  S.   E Paper  Box  Manufacturer. 

Beebe,  Chas.   H Treas.  &  M'ger  Nor.  Lock  Mfg.  Co. 

Brown,  Robert Plumber. 

Cardwell,  W.   H (jrocer. 

Carroll,  Adams  P Cotton  and  Wool. 

Carroll,  Geo.  W Cotton  and  Wool. 


6  MKMHKRS  OF  THK  NORWICH  HOARD  OF  IRADE. 

Cassidy,   Patrick Physician. 

CoNGDON,  Gii.HERT   1 Buildcr  and  Contractor. 

Camp,  Frederick  S Secretary  Ponemah  Mills. 

Carpenter,   Increase  VV.     .     .  Mayor  of  Norwich. 

Chandler,  Chas.  E Surveyor  and  Civil  Engineer. 

Converse,  Chas.  A Pistol  Manufacturer. 

Cranston,  J.   H Printing  Press  Manufacturer. 

Carroll,  L.  W Cotton  Manufacturer. 

Cogswell,  Chas.  P Banker. 

CoiT,  George  D Treasurer  Chelsea  Savings  Bank. 

Carey,  A.   E Builder  and  Contractor. 

Chapman,  Enoch  F Coal  and  Lumber. 

Crandall,  S.    a Lawyer. 

CosGROVE,  James  F Boots  and  Shoes. 

Cranston,  B.  T.       .....  Books  and  Stationery. 

Desmond,  J.  J Lawyer. 

Duggan,  James Druggist. 

Dawson,   Jr.,  James      ....  Meat  Market. 

Day,    Norman Manufacturer. 

Dyer,  Charles  E Manager  Norwich  Bulletin. 

Dowe,  F.   E Dry  Goods. 

Davis,  C.   H Wholesale]Pork  and  Lard. 

Davis,  George  A Books  and  Stationery. 

Ely,   Wm.  G Treas.  Falls  and  Shetucket  Mills. 

Ely,  Edwin  S Pres.  Uncas  Bank  and  Paper  Mfr. 

Eaton,  Luther    S Hardware. 

Gould,  Geo.  W Manufacturer. 

Gibbs,  Edward  N Cashier  Thames  National  Bank. 

Gilbert,  S.  Alpheus     ....  Furniture  and  Carpets. 

Gallup,  H.  H Norwich  Belt  Manufacturing  Co. 


Harris,  E.  D Coal  Deale 


Jewett,  L.   R Coal  Dealer. 

Johnson,  Frank President  Norwich  National  Bank. 

Jones,   David  R Merchant  Tailor. 

Johnson,  Jr.,  Oliver  L.  .     .     .  Treas.  Norwich  &  N.  Y.  Trans.  Co. 

Johnson,  Charles  S Manufacturer. 


MEMBERS    OF    THE    NORWICH    BOARD    OF    TRADE.  -] 

King,    Charles  J Flour,  Meal  and  Hay. 

Kelley,  John  H Boots,  Shoes  and  Leather. 

Keep,  John  H Book-keeper. 

Kingsbury,  A.  B Jeweler. 

Leavens,  Frank  J Cotton  Manufacturer. 

Learned,  Bela   P Insurance. 

Lucas,  Solomon        .....  Lawyer. 

Lester,   D.   M Mfr.  of  Envelope  Machinery. 

Lane,  W.  T Harness  and  Trunks. 

Lane,  Geo.   A Harness  and  Trunks. 

Lathrop,  Arthur  D.       ...  Forwarding  Agent. 

Mitchell,  Frank  A Treas.  Cold  Spring  Iron  Works. 

Mitchell,  Archibald       .     .     .  Dry  Goods. 

Mitchell,  A.  G.      ....  Sec.  Cold  Spring  Iron  Works. 

MowRY,  Wm.  C Manufacturer  Page  Steam  Heaters. 

Osgood,  Hugh  H Drugs  and  Medicines. 

Prentice,  Amos  W Hardware. 

Palmer,  H.  F Real  Estate  Agent. 

Peck,  Seth  L Lime,  Brick  and  Cement. 

Preston,  Chas.  H Hardware. 

Page,  Wm.   H Manufacturer  Wood  Type. 

Potter,  A.  L.      ......  Coal. 

PoRTEous,  John Dry  Goods. 

Raymond,  Geo.  C West  India  Trade. 

RoYCE,  A.  Irving Insurance. 

Reid,  Adam      .......  Dry  Goods. 

Robbins,  Z.   R Merchant. 

Rallion,  H.   D Grocer. 

Sayles,  Thos.   D Woolen  Manufacturer. 

Smith,  A.   D Merchant  Tailor. 

Snell.   Daniel  W. Business  (College. 

Shields,  Wm.   H Lawyer. 

Smith,  J.   Hunt Treas.  Dime  Savings  Bank. 

Smith,  George  S Franklin  Steam  Mills. 

Smith,  Frank  H Stoves,  Ranges,  etc. 

Small,  N.athan Concrete  Pavement  and  Roofing. 

Shannon,  J.  B Groceries. 


8  ■  MK.MliliKS    OF    THK    NOFiWlCH    HOARD    OF    TKADK. 

Tarkant,  Nicholas     ....  Real  Estate  Agent. 

TkUMiiULL,  Jonathan       .     .     .  West  India  Trade. 

TuRNKR,  Sidney President  Norwich  Lock  Mfg.  Co. 

Turner,  F.  C Secretary  Ossawan  Mills. 

Tucker,  Wm.  C Superintendent  Ponemah  Mills. 

Tyler,  Fred.  C Teas,  Coffees  and  Spices. 

Ulmer,  Frank Norwich  Belt  Co. 

Wells,   David  A Political  Economist. 

Williams,  E.  Winslow      .     .     .  Woolen  Manufacturer. 

Williams,  Winslow  T.      .     .     .  Secretary  Yantic  Woolen  Co. 

Williams,  Jerome  F Insurance. 

Whittemore,  M.   M Clerk  N.  &  W.  R.  R.  Co. 

WooDARD,  F.   L Asst.  Treas.  Dime  Savings  Bank. 

Warner,  J.   E.     • Sec'y  Hopkins  &  Allen  Mfg.  Co. 

Wasley,  F.  R Mfr.  Envelope  Machinery. 

Winters,  Chas.  J Dealer  Chicago  Dressed  Beef. 

WORTHINGTON,  E.   B Teas,  Coffees  and  Spices. 


BY   WAY   OF    INTRODUCTION. 


By  referring  to  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  Norwich  Board 
OF  Trade  it  will  be  seen  that  the  object  of  the  organization  is  for  "  the 
advancement  of  the  individual  and  general  business  interests  of  the 
community ;  the  encouragement  of  commercial  and  manufacturing 
industries  ;  the  improvement  of  facilities  for  transportation  ;  the  diffus- 
ion of  information  concerning  trades,  manufacturing,  and  other  inter- 
ests ;  the  cultivation  of  a  more  intimate  knowledge  of  all  events  and 
questions  affecting  the  public  welfare,"  etc. 

It  is  with  the  desire  of  promoting  and  encouraging  the  interests  above 
enumerated  that  the  following  pages  of  statistical  and  local  information 
are  given  to  the  public.  Much  care  has  been  taken  in  the  preparation 
of  the  work  to  confine  all  statements  and  figures  within  conservative 
bounds,  the  sole  object  being  to  present  a  true  picture  of  Norwich  as  it 
is  to-day,  with  its  splendid  educational  facilities,  its  business  interests, 
its  importance  as  a  manufacturing  centre,  its  reputation  as  a  healthy  city, 
and  various  important  subjects  that  make  a  place  attractive,  in  order 
that  strangers  and  intelligent  inquirers  may  fully  realize  the  great  ad- 
vantages of  this  locality  as  a  place  of  residence,  as  well  as  a  desirable 
field  for  locating  manufactories  of  various  kinds. 

Schools,  Churches,  Public  Libraries,  Police  and  Fire  Departments, 
Water  Supply,  Sewerage,  Street  Railways,  Gas  and  Electric  Light,  Banks 
and  Banking,  Post  Office  Statistics,  Cotton  and  Wool  Trade,  Coal  and 
Lumber  Trade,  Railroad  and  Steamboat  Freights,  Tonnage  of  Thames 
River,  Mill  Privileges  to  be  utilized,  and  various  important  matters  are 
briefly  mentioned  in  connection  with  the  long  array  of  statistical  in- 
formation that  is  given  of  Norwich  industries,  and  of  industries  that  are 
tributary  to  Norwich  in  the  neighboring  towns. 


NORWICH:     PAST    AND    PRESENT. 


The  early  history  of  Norwich,  like  that  of  many  other  of  the  old 
New  England  cities,  reads  more  like  a  romance  at  the  present  day  than 
a  reality.  It  is  difficult  to  conceive  that  where  now  stands  its  beautiful 
and  palatial  dwellings  and  public  buildings,  its  fine  ware  houses  and 
stores,  its  busy  manufactories,  and  its  miles  of  streets  teeming  with  a 
busy  population,  was  once  the  home  and  hunting  grounds  of  the  Indian, 
without  the  first  vestige  of  civilization.  The  city,  which  now  has  the 
reputation  of  being  one  of  the  most  romantic  and  beautiful  in  New 
England,  was  first  settled  in  1659,  by  a  small  party  of  emigrants,  led 
by  Captain  John  Mason,  who  afterwards  became  famous  as  a  leader  and 
an  officer  in  the  Pequot  and  Mohegan  wars. 

For  a  long  number  of  years  it  was  a  cheerless,  dreary  home  for  tiie 
white  men  who  had  built  their  log-houses  amidst  the  treacherous  sav- 
ages, and  where  their  lives  were  in  constant  peril  from  the  nomadic 
tribes,  who  were  jealous  of  the  intrusion  on  their  hunting  grounds. 
But  they  had  come  to  stay,  and  gradually,  as  years  rolled  by,  increased 
in  population  and  importance.  As  early  as  1732,  the  town  which  they 
had  founded  was  made  a  half-shire  town,  and  in  17S1.  was  one  of  the 
five  incorporated  cities  of  the  State. 

The  city  is  romantically  situated  at  the  head  of  the  river  Thames, 
fourteen  miles  above  Long  Island  Sound,  at  the  junction  of  the  Yantic 
and  Shetucket  rivers,  and  at  the  head  of  tide-water.  As  the  city  is  ap- 
proached from  the  river  below,  a  high,  rocky  bluff  presents  itself — its 
base  encircled  by  stores  and  ware-houses,  while  rising  one  above  another 
to  the  rocky  eminences  which  overhangs  the  business  portion  of  the 
city,  are  zig-zag  streets,  cut  out  of  solid  rock  like  Alpine  roads,  on  which 
are  located  the  churches,  public  buildings  and  handsome  private  resi- 
dences. 


12  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

The  growth  of  the  city  has  been  substantial,  though  neither  slow  or 
rapid.  In  the  year  1800,  the  grand  list  of  the  town  was  $1,797,879  ;  in 
1825,  $2,200,000  •  in  1850,  $4,446,480  ;  in  1885,  it  had  increased  to  the 
large  amount  of  $13,157,869,  to  which  should  be  added  the  sum  of 
$14,682,856  of  property,  such  as  churches,  public  buildings,  school- 
houses,  etc.,  which  are  e.xempt  from  taxation. 

In  the  year  1821,  Norwich  had  but  3,500  inhabitants;  in  1870,  ac- 
cording to  the  census  taken  then,  there  were  16,653;  in  1880,  by  the 
census  returns,  there  were  21,143.  At  this  present  time  the  increase 
must  make  the  population  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  25,000. 

The  city  owes  much  of  its  prosperity  to  its  commercial  interests,  and 
to  its  unsurpassed  manufacturing  facilities — having  a  fine  harbor,  easily 
accessible  to  lar^e-size  vessels  drawing  thirteen  feet  of  water;  and  a 
very  extensive  water  front,  as  well  as  excellent  railroad  privileges,  being 
on  the  lines  of  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  Division  of  the  New  York  & 
New  England  Railroad,  and  on  the  New  London  Northern  Railroad. 
In  addition  to  this,  Norwich  owes  a  large  share  of  its  growth  to  the 
splendid  water-power  privileges  on  the  Shetucket,  Yantic  and  Quinne- 
baug  rivers,  which  flow  through  the  town,  and  that  have  been  utilized 
for  manufacturing  purposes  by  some  of  the  largest  mills  in  the  country. 

In  its  earlier  days,  Norwich  was  prominent  among  the  few  commer- 
cial cities  of  New  England,  on  account  of  its  shipping  and  ship  build- 
ing interests.  As  early  as  1714,  1716  and  1722,  the  town  granted  rights 
to  build  ship-yards  for  ship-building  purposes,  giving  the  land  and  a  free 
right  to  go  into  the  forests  and  cut  all  the  timber  necessary  to  carry  on 
the  work.  In  1788,  Norwich  exported  549  horses,  205  mules,  300 
horned  cattle,  321  sheep,  566  hogs,  a  large  quantity  of  beef  and  pork, 
besides  30,000  lbs.  of  butter.  In  1795,  a  large  foreign  trade  was  car- 
ried on  with  several  European  ports,  especially  with  the  West  Indies, 
when  the  foundations  of  many  Norwich  fortunes  were  made.  At  that 
time,  the  shipping  belonging  to  this  port  consisted  of  7  ships — all  over 
200  tons  burthen— 9  brigs,  9  schooners,  17  sloops,  besides  a  nuVnber  of 
New  York  and  river  packets,  the  aggregate  tonnage  amounting  to  nearly 
5,000  tons.  From  Captain  Story's  ship-yard,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
harbor,  ships  were  launched  of  over  300  tons  burthen. 

Previous  to  the  year  181 7,  travelers  could  only  pass  to  or  from  New 
York  by  sail  vessels  or  packets,  which  were  advertised  to  make  their 
weekly  or  monthly  trips.  The  time  occupied  in  making  the  passage 
varied  according  to  the  weather,  and  the  direction  from  which  the  wind 


NORWICH  :       PAST    AND    PRESENT.  I3 

was  blowing — sometimes  only  a  week,  and  often  two  and  three  would 
be  used  while  becalmed,  on  encountering  adverse  winds.  The  passage 
was  $5.00,  with  an  additional  $2.00  for  "  living  ;"  but  whether  the 
"living"  was  regulated  by  an  increase,  with  the  contingency  of  a  two 
or  three  weeks'  trip,  the  writer  knows  not.  There  was,  also,  great  ri\al- 
ry  and  opposition  between  the  owners  and  captains  of  the  packets  ply- 
ing between  the  two  cities,  and  many  comical  stories  are  told  of  the 
"arts  and  wiles"  that  were  resorted  to  by  them  to  obtain  passengers 
and  freight.  The  Norwich  man  in  New  York,  with  grip-sack  in  hand, 
eager  to  obtain  passage  to  his  "native  heath  "  to  rejoin  his  long  anxious 
family,  was  often  met  by  a  crowd  of  importuning  sailors  belonging  to 
the  different  rival  packets,  and  often  by  the  captains  themselves,  all 
cl.imoring  for  his  patronage,  and  eager  for  his  money.  At  such  times 
opposition  ran  high,  and  if  the  Norwich  man  was  keen  and  shrewd,  as 
he  generally  was,  the  cost  of  his  trip  home  was  but  a  very  small 
item  of  his  expenses  while  absent.  It  is  related  that  a  goodly  farmer 
from  the  neighboring  town  of  Franklin,  finding  himself  thus  situated 
one  afternoon  in  New  York,  about  seventy  years  ago,  commenced  re- 
ceiving bids  of  two  rival  packet  masters  to  transport  him  to  Norwich. 
Dollar  by  dollar  they  lowered  their  prices,  until  one  of  them  agreed  to 
bring  him  free,  with  no  charge  for  "living;"  but  our  economical  and 
ancient  neighbor  finally  accepted  the  offer  of  Captain  Tyler, .of  the  op- 
position packet,  who  not  only  agreed  to  bring  him  free,  but  to  furnish 
him  with  free  "  grub  "  and  free  grog  on  the  passage,  and  pay  him  fifty 
cents  when  the  vessel  reached  Norwich — a  promise  that  was  religiously 
fulfilled  on  the  application  of  the  farmer  for  the  money  ere  he  stepped 
foot  on  shore. 

In  those  days,  the  departure  of  a  Norwich  man  for  New  York  on 
business  or  pleasure — and  they  seldom  went  for  the  latter — was  a  great 
event,  and  of  as  much  importance  as  it  would  be  now  for  a  man  to  start 
on  a  trip  to  Russia,  or  around  the  world:  For  weeks  in  advance,  the 
matter  was  talked  over  and  canvassed  in  the  family  circle,  and  prepara- 
tions made  for  the  perilous  voyage.  If  he  was  a  practical  and  method- 
ical man,  he  made  his  will,  in  anticipation  of  contingencies  of  shipwreck, 
or  being  waylaid  and  murdered  in  the  streets  of  New  York  ;  and  his 
affairs  were  left  in  such  a  condition  that  they  could  be  easily  adjusted 
by  an  administrator  in  case  he  never  returned.  When  the  hour  for  his 
departure  at  last  arrived,  and  he  was  to  tear  himself  from  his  weeping 
family,  the  scene  was  as  affecting  and  heart-rending  as  the  separation  of 


I|  THK    CITV    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

John  Rogers  from  his  wife  and  nine  little  ones  when  he  was  burned  at 
the  stake. 

Jn  1817,  the  first  steamboat  ploughed  the  waters  of  the  river  Thames, 
and  some  of  the  old  inhabitants — and  there  are  but  few  of  them  left — 
will  well  remember  the  first  trip  of  the  wonderful  steamer  "  Fulton," 
Captain  Bunker.  As  she  moved  away  from  the  wharf  at  Norwich, 
smoke  and  flames  belching  forth  from  the  smoke-stack,  the  revolving 
paddle-wheels  lashing  the  heretofore  (juiet  waters  into  an  angry  foam, 
the  gallant  captain  walking  the  deck  and  giving  orders  with  all  the  im- 
portance of  a  newly-appointed  brigadier  on  muster  day,  it  made  a  scene 
long  remembered  by  the  crowds  of  people  that  lined  the  adjacent  shores 
and  the  wharf  from  which  the  marine  monster  made  its  departure.  After 
the  "  Fulton,"  the  steamer  "  H.  E.  Eckford,"  Captain  Davison,  was  put 
on  the  route  to  New  York,  being  replaced  about  1827  by  the  "  Fanny," 
with  the  same  captain.  In  1833,  Captain  Wm.  W.  Coit,  once  an  hon- 
ored resident,  completed  the  "  Jackson."  Her  first  trip  was  to  New 
London,  with  a  large  excursion  party,  on  the  occasion  of  laying  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  Groton  Monument;  and  President  Jackson,  after  whom 
the  steamer  was  named,  was  the  distinguished  guest  on  board.  In  1836, 
Captain  Coit  built  the  ''  Norwich,"  which  he  commanded  till  1842,  when 
the  "  Worcester,"  also  built  under  the  direction  of  this  officer,  took  the 
place  of  the  "  Norwich."  Soon  after,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  run 
two  boats,  on  alternate  days,  and  the  "Charter  Oak,"  Captain  Sanford, 
was  placed  on  the  route. 

Then  came  successively  the  "  Knickerbocker,"  the  ''  Connecticut," 
the  ill-fated  and  beautiful  steamers  "  Atlantic  "  and  "  Commonwealth," 
— one  wrecked  on  Fisher's  Island,  and  the  other  destroyed  by  fire  at 
the  dock  in  Groton. 

At  present,  the  commodious  steamers,  "City  of  Worcester,"  "  City  of 
Boston,"  and  ''  City  of  New  York,"  together  with  the  freight  boats, 
"  City  of  Lawrence,"  and  "  City  of  Norwich," — the  former  carrying  pas- 
sengers as  well  as  freight — connect  Norwich  with   the  great  metropolis. 

Among  those  early  connected  with  the  shipping  interests  of  Norwich 
in  the  present  century,  and  who  contributed  largely  to  its  permanent  es- 
tablishment and  success,  Captain  W.  W.  Coit,  before  referred  to,  ranks 
foremost.  In  the  year  1817,  when  but  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  practi- 
cally commenced  his  seafaring  life,  by  going  as  master  of  the  packet 
"  McDonough,"  plying  between  Norwich  and  New  York,  touching  at  the 


NORWICH  :       PAST    AND    PRESEN'J'.  1 5 

port  of  New  London.  He  continued  going  as  master  of  various  pack- 
ets until  1833,  when  the  fruits  of  long  years  of  toil  and  devoted  atten- 
tion to  the  duties  of  a  mariner's  life,  enabled  him  to  build  and  command 
the  steamer  "Jackson."  During  all  the  time  that  he  had  been  connect- 
ed with  or  commanded  vessels  propelled  either  by  wind  or  steam,  he 
proudly  boasted — and  well  he  might — that  he  had  never  lost  a  passen- 
ger, or  a  man,  or  a  dollar's  worth  of  freight  or  merchandise,  by  fire,  ac- 
cident or  negligence.     Can  a  similar  record  be  produced.' 

During  the  memorable  September  gale,  in  1815,  Norwich  suffered  se- 
verely. The  tide  rose  to  an  unprecedented  height,  submerged  all  what  is 
now  the  business  part  of  the  city,  destroying  a  large  number  of  stores  and 
ware-houses,  and  injuring  many  others.  All  the  shipping  in  the  harbor 
was  driven  ashore,  and  a  large  brig  was  left  high  and  dry  when  the 
waters  had  receded,  nearly  opposite  where  now  stands  the  grocery  store 
of  F.  L.  Gardner.  The  venerable  drug  store  wliich  stood  on  the  ground 
now  occupied  by  the  handsome  Tyler  block,  on  Water  Street,  was 
nearly  swept  away  by  the  rising  tide  ;  but  it  stood  its  ground,  though 
the  waters  reached  the  second  floor.  Many  more  incidents  of  great  in- 
terest to  the  present  generation  might  be  spoken  of  relating  to  the  Nor- 
wich OF  THE  Past,  but  limited  space  compels  us  to  pass  on,  and  speak 
of  the  Norwich  of  the  Present. 


1 6  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


NORWICH     MANUFACTORIES. 


At  a  very  early  period  in  the  history  of  Norwich  the  advantages  of 
establishing  manufactories  of  various  kinds  engaged  a  large  share  of  the 
public  attention,  and  the  interest  then  taken  in  the  subject  gradually  de- 
veloped in  the  building  of  several  large  mills  on  the  splendid  water 
privileges  that  were  in  the  town  limits.  Previous  to  1840,  Norwich  was 
the  largest  manufacturing  town  in  the  State — the  product  of  its  mills  in 
1839,  according  to  the  report  made  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  amounting 
to  ^1,150,205.00,  which,  in  those  days,  was  considered  an  enormous  sum 
to  be  derived  from  such  a  source.  Manufacturing  at  that  time  was  in 
its  infancy,  compared  to  what  it  is  at  present.  There  was  not  then  a 
steam  engine  probably  in  the  whole  town — the  mill-owners  depending 
entirely  upon  water  power  to  drive  their  machinery.  Below  we  give  a 
list  of  the  various  manufactories  that  are  in  active  operation  in  Norwich 
on  the  first  of  January  of  the  present  year,  together  with  a  few  import- 
ant but  brief  statistics  connected  therewith  ;  the  number  of  hands  em- 
ployed in  the  many  mills  and  work-shops ;  the  aggregate  amount  paid 
annually  for  labor  ;  the  vast  amount  of  yearly  products  ;  the  raw  mate- 
rial consumed;  the  tons  of  freight  handled,  and  various  other  items,  will 
be  a  good  deal  of  a  surprise,  not  only  to  many  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Norwich,  but  to  many  outside  its  borders  who  may  have  imagined  this 
to  be  a  city  chiefly  celebrated  for  its  beautiful  residences,  picturesque 
scenery,  its  unsurpassed  educational  facilities,  its  healthy  climate,  and 
its  citizens  depending  upon  retired  wealth  and  outside  interests  for 
very  many  of  the  comforts  as  well  as  the  necessities  of  life.  As  will 
be  seen  by  referring  to  the  statistics,  5,344  persons  (more  than  one-fifth 
of  the  inhabitants)  are  employed  in  the  manufactories,  to  whom  $2,1 10,- 
500.00  are  paid  annually  for  their  labor.       This  large  sum   is  constantly 


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changing  hands  in  our  midst.  It  supports  our  schools  and  churches  ; 
it  clothes  the  naked,  and  feeds  the  hungry;  it  enters  the  homes  of  the 
poor,  as  well  as  the  rich,  furnishing  the  necessities  of  life,  as  well  as  the 
luxuries  and  comforts. 

The  Ponemah  Mill,  which  is  said  to  be  the  second  largest  cotton  mill 
in  the  world,  has  more  employes  than  many  of  the  towns  in  the  state 
have  inhabitants  ;  and  the  yards  of  cloth  it  annually  manufactures,  if 
spread  out,  would  reach  a  distance  of  11,364  miles,  or  nearly  half  round 
the  world.  The  yards  of  cloth  turned  out  by  the  Norwich  Bleaching, 
Dyeing  and  Printing  Company  (28,4091,3  miles)  would  extend  around 
the  world,  with  about  four  thousand  miles  to  spare.  The  enormous 
amount  of  goods  turned  out  by  these  two  mammoth  concerns  can  only 
be  appreciated  by  some  such  practical  illustration  as  the  above. 

The  statistics  gathered  from  the  various  mills  and  manufactories  have 
been  furnished  on  personal  application — with  two  or  three  exceptions — 
from  the  owners  or  managers  themselves,  and  are  as  nearly  correct  as 
it  is  possible  to  get  them,  without  too  much  time  being  spent  in  going 
over  the  ledgers  and  journals  to  arrive  at  exact  amount  ot  each.  The 
figures  given  are  about  the  general  average,  baseJ  upon  the  last  year's 
expenditures  and  products.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  this  aggregate  of 
all  the  sales  or  products  of  the  different  manufactories  could  not  be  ob- 
tained, but  this  was  found  impossible,  as  many  of  the  owners  or  propri- 
etors preferred  not  to  have  the  amount  of  their  sales  made  public. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  remarkable  showing  which  the  many  in- 
dustries make,  will  be  the  means  of  inducing  more  ot  our  capitalists  and 
men  of  wealth  to  invest  their  money  in  home  enterprises,  instead  of  go- 
ing abroad  and  investing  in  uncertain  stocks  and  wildcat  speculations. 
A  good  paying  industry  not  only  gives  a  fair  return  to  investors,  but  it 
helps  to  build  up  a  town,  by  increasing  its  wealth,  adding  to  its  popula- 
tion, and  doubling  the  value  of  real  estate.  And  no  town  in  New 
England  offers  better  advantages  or  facilities  for  manufacturing  in  its 
,  various  branches  than  Norwich. 


THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


COTTON    MANUFACTORIES. 


Since  Norwich  became  prominent  as  a  manufacturing  town,  which 
was  over  fifty  years  ago,  the  making  of  cotton  fabrics  has  taken  the 
precedence  among  its  various  industries.  From  1823  to  1829,  four  joint 
stock  companies  were  organized  to  manufacture  cotton  goods  in  con- 
nection with  woolen  goods,  whose  combined  capital  was  limited  to 
^1,530,000.00.  Whether  this  capital  was  all  employed,  or  whether  the 
mills  went  into  active  operation,  is  doubtful  ;  but  this  cotton  industry 
has  continued  to  flourish  from  those  years  to  the  present,  and  has  been 
the  main  source  of  the  growth  of  the  town.  Three  of  the  four  cotton 
mills  which  are  now  in  operation  in  Norwich  have  a  combined  capital 
of  ^2,500,000.00 — the  fourth,  the  Totokett,  not  being  a  joint  stock  com- 
pany. The  four  mills  employ  2,800  operatives,  pay  annually  $810,- 
000.00  for  labor,  manufacture  34,500,000  yards  goods,  consume  8,650,- 
000  lbs.  cotton,  run  184,000  spindles.  The  Shetucket,  Falls  and  Toto- 
kett mills  handle  annually  7,250  tons  freight,  and  pay  $49,000  freight- 
age. 

THE  PONEMAH  COTTON  MILLS. 

This  mammoth  establishment  is  said  to  be  the  second  largest  cotton 
factory  in  the  United  States,  if  not  in  the  world.  It  is  situated  on  the 
Shetucket  river,  in  the  village  of  Taftville— a  suburb  of  Norwich  about 
3^  miles  from  the  centre  of  the  city.  The  building  of  the  dam  and 
the  mill  was  commenced  in  1867,  and  the  company  commenced  running 
the  machinery  in  1870.  At  that  time  there  was  not  a  house  in  sight  of 
the  privileges  ;  and  where  now  stands  a  small  city  in  appearance,  with 
streets  lined  with  handsome  houses  spreading  out  in  various  directions, 
there  was  but  rocky,  half-cultivated  and  neglected  farming  lands.  The 
entire  length  of  the  mill,  including  a  hundred-foot    machine  shop,  is 


COTTON    MANUFACTORIES.  I  9 

1,576  feet.  Some  idea  of  its  vast  size  can  be  arrived  at  by  stating  that 
this  number  of  feet  makes  the  mill  but  a  trifle  less  than  a  third  of  a  mile 
long.  It  manufactures  a  fine  quality  of  cotton  goods,  which  find  a 
ready  market  all  over  the  country.  The  company  owns  190  tenement 
houses,  besides  stores,  store-houses,  and  various  buildings  connected 
with  their  manufactory. 

Capital  slock $1,500,000 

Bales  cotton  consumed  per  annum 6,500 

Number  of  spindles 125,000 

Yards  goods  made  annually 20.000,000 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor   S     450,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 1,500 


FALLS  CO. 

Next  to  the  Ponemah  Mills  in  size  and  importance  are  the  Falls 
Company's  Mills,  situated  at  the  Falls,  so  called,  about  half-a-mile  from 
the  business  centre  of  the  city,  and  within  the  city  limits.  The  prod- 
ucts of  the  mills  are  heavy,  colored  cotton  goods,  awnings,  tickings,  etc. 

Capital  stock .S     500,000 

Lbs.  cotton  consumed  per  annum    2,600,000 

Yards  colored  goods  manufactured  per  annum 5,500,000 

Estimated  lbs.  of  freight  per  annum 6.000,000 

Number  of  spindles 23,000 

Number  of  hands  employed ....  550 

Freights  paid  per  annum .  .  $       24,000 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor S     160,000 


THE  SHETUCKET  CO. 

The  mills  of  this  large  corporation   for   the   manufacture  of  cotton 

goods,  are  situated  at  Greeneville,  on  the  Shetucket  river,  a  mile  from^ 

city  centre,  and  also  in  city  limits. 

Capital  stock $     500.000 

Lbs.  cotton  consumed  per  annum 2.400,000 

Yards  colored  goods  manufactured  per  annum 6,000.000 

Estimated  lbs.  of  freight  per  annum 4,500,000 

Freights  paid  per  annum S       22,000 

Number  of  spindles 20,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 500 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor ::?      150,000 


20  THE    CITY    OV    NORWICH.    CONN. 

TOTOKETT    MILLS. 

Situated  on  the  Shetucket  river,  4)4  miles  from  the  centre  of  the  City 

of  Norwich,  owned  by  Lorenzo  Blackstone,  and  managed  by  his  sons. 

They  manufacture  a  fine  quality  of  sheetings. 

Number  of  spindles 16,000 

Lbs.  cotton  consumed  per  annum 400,000 

Yards  sheetings  manufactured  per  annum 3,000,000 

Estimated  lbs.  of  freight  per  annum 4,000,000 

Amount  paid  for  freight  per  annum $         5. 000 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum $       5"iOOO 

Number  of  hands  emplo3'ed 250 


WOOLEN     MANUFACTORIES. 


Next  in  importance  to  that  of  the  cotton  industry,  which  for  a  long 
number  of  years  has  been  prominent  as  one  of  the  sources  of  the  city's 
growth  and  material  prosperity,  is  that  of  the  manufacture  of  woolen 
goods.  At  present,  there  are  four  mills  engaged  in  this  class  of  manu- 
facture, the  largest  of  which  is  that  of  the 

YANTIC  WOOLEN  COMPANY, 

whose  mills  are  on  the  Yantic  river,  in  the  village  of  the  same  name — 
another  of  the  suburbs  of  our  city.  It  manufactures  a  fine  quality  of 
flannels  and  ladies'  dress  goods. 

Capital  stock $  75,000 

Lbs.  scoured  wool  consumed  annually 430,000 

Yards  flannel  manufactured  annually 2,250,000 

Tons  of  freight  handled  annually 2,100 

Amount  paid  freights  annually .  .    $  5.000 

Number  setts  of  cards 10 j/j 

Number  hands  employed 150 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum $  50,000 


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WOOLEN     MANUFACTORIES.  2  1 

NORWICH    WOOLEN    COMPANY. 

Located  on  the  Yantic  river,  a  mile-and-a-half  north  of  the  centre  of 
the  city,  and  make  the  manufacture  of  flannels  a  specialty. 

Capital  stock c;   100,000 

Lbs.  scoured  wool  consumed  annually 300,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 100 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor §     40,000 

Setts  of  cards 12 


THAMES    VALLEY    MH.LS. 

Located  at  Trading  Cove,  so  called,  a  mile-and-a-half  below  the  city, 
and  at  the  outlet  of  Trading  Cove  brook.  It  is  owned  and  run  by  the 
Hall  Brothers. 

Lbs.  unscoured  wool  annually  consumed 270,000 

Yards  flannel  annually  made 350,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 50 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum S  12,000 

Tons  of  freight  handled 650 


CLINTON  WOOLEN  MILLS. 

On  the  Yantic  river,  near  Bean  Hill,  so  called.     A  joint  stock  com- 
pany. 

Capital  stock $  200,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 130 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor 38,000 

Setts  cards  in  mill 10 

Lbs.  scoured  wool  annually  consumed 200,000 

Lbs.  cotton  warps         "             "         75.000 

Lbs.  woolen  dress  goods  annually  manufactured 165   200 

Lbs.  woolen  and  cotton  warp  manufactured 70,800 

Tons  freight  annually  handled 762 


THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


PTSTOL    MANUFACTORIES. 


PISTOL     MANUFACTORIES. 


Norwich,  for  many  years,  has  been  very  largely  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  pistols  ;  and  the  making  of  these  familiar  and  danger- 
ous weapons  has  long  been  one  of  the  chief  industries  of  this  city.  A 
few  years  ago,  it  was  said  that  more  pistols  were  annually  made  in  Nor- 
wich than  in  all  the  other  pistol  manufactories  in  the  United  States  com- 
bined. As  late  as  18S2  and  1883,  when  the  trade  began  to  fall  off,  from 
45,000  to  50,000  pistols  a  month  were  the  products  of  the  several  man- 
ufactories in  the  city.  Owing  to  over-production,  close  competition  and 
the  decreased  demand  from  foreign  countries,  the  business  in  Norwich, 
as  it  has  in  many  other  places,  has  become  less  remunerative  than  for- 
merly, especially  on  the  cheap  class  of  pistols,  and  several  of  the  shops 
have  stopped  manufacturing,  until  times  are  better  and  prices  more  sat- 
isfactory. It  is  rumored  that  one  of  the  large  pistol  shops  now  lying 
idle,  will  turn  its  attention  to  the  manufacture  of  a  new  and  improved 
patent  gun,  provided  the  works  can  be  turned  into  a  joint  stock  com- 
pany. 

THE    HOPKINS    &    ALLEN    FIRE    ARMS    CO., 

whose  extensive  works  on  Franklin  Street  occupy  nearly  a  whole  square 
is  one  of  the  largest  concerns  in  this  state  engaged  in  this  branch  of 
industry,  ranking  third  in  importance  to  Colt's,  at  Hartford,  and  Win- 
chester, at  New  Haven.  They  manufacture  a  superior  class  of  pistol, 
and  also  a  celebrated  grade  of  shot  guns  and  rifles,  which  find  pur- 
chasers in  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world.  The  firm  first  commenced 
the  manufacture  of  pistols  in  this  city  in  1868,  and  have  successfully 
pursued  the  business  from  that  date. 

Capital  stock .i^  i25,o<io 

Average  number  of  hands  employed 175 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $  120,000 

Value  of  yearly  products S  175,000 

Number  of  guns  and  rifles  made  in  a  year   .  .    . 6,000 

Number  of  pistols  made  in  a  year 100,000 


24 


THE    CITY    OK    NORWICH,    CONN. 


PISTOL    MANUFACTORIF.S.  25 

THOS.    E.    RYAN'S    PISTOL    MANUFACTORY, 

on    Franklin  Street,  of   which  Mr.   Ryan  is  the  sole  proprietor,  com- 
menced business  eleven  years  ago. 

Number  of  hands  employed 45 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $    20,000 

Number  of  pislols  made  in  a  year 30,000 

BACON    ARMS    CO. 

The  manufacture  of  pistols  was  first  commenced  under  the  name 
of  the  above  firm  in  1858,  by  Thos.  K.  Bacon.  [A  few  years  afterwards 
it  was  made  a  joint  stock  company,  the  business  was  enlarged,  and  for 
a  long  time  did  a  successful  business.  For  the  last  two  or  three  years 
the  company  have  given  up  the  manufacture  of  pistols,  and  are  making 
a  breech-loading,  single-barrel  gun,  with  reduced  help  from  what  they 
previously  employed. 

Capital  slock §  40,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 20 

Number  of  guns  made  in  a  year 2.400 

Amount  annually  jiaid  for  labor §  10,000 


MISCELLANEOUS    INDUSTRIES. 


NORWICH  BLEACHING,  DYEING    &  PRINTING  CO. 

This  mammoth  establishment  commenced  bleaching  and  calendering 
in  1840,  and  has  expanded  its  works  from  year  to  year,  until  at  present, 
it  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  largest,  if  not  ///e  largest  concern  in 
America,  engaged  in  this  particular  industry.  'I'he  works  are  located 
Greeneville,  and  cover  over  a  vast  area  of  ground. 

Capital  stock $       500,000 

Yards  cotton  goods  annually  turned  off,  about 50.000,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 350 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor If        200,000 


26  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

NORWICH  &  WORCESTER  CAR  AND  MACHINE   SHOPS. 

Norwich  is  the  southern  terminus  of  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  rail- 
road, and  the  shops  for  repairs  and  making  the  rolling  stock  for  the 
road,  are  located  in  this  city.  The  company  manufacture  locomotives, 
passenger,  freight  and  dirt  cars,  besides  doing  all  their  own  repairs, 
which  make  an  important  item  in  the  number  of  men  they  employ,  and 
their  annual  disbursements. 

Number  of  men  employed 175 

Amount  annually  paid  fur  labor $   120,000 


THE  NORWICH  LOCK  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

is  not  only  one  of  the  largest  among  the  miscellaneous  industries  of  our 

city,  but  one  of  the  three  largest  concerns  in  the  country  engaged  in  the 

manufacture  of  locks,  padlocks,  and  builders'  hardware.       The  works 

have  been  in  operation  for  fifteen  years.      The  variety  and  patterns  of 

goods  manufactured  is  something  enormous,  requiring  a  list   of  twelve 

closely  printed  8x12  pages,  two  columns  to  a  page. 

Capital  stock $     75,000 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $  100,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 275 

Tons  of  freight  handled  per  annum,  about 2,200 


CHELSEA  PAPER  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

This  is  another  of  the  huge  establishments  that  has  long  identified 
Norwich  as  a  large  and  important  manufacturing  centre.  The  works  are 
established  at  Greeneville,  within  the  city  limits,  and  commenced  oper- 
ations as  long  ago  as  1835.  It  manufactures  printing  paper  of  an  extra 
quality,  and  for  many  years  has  supplied  the  Harper  Brothers,  of  New 
York,  with  paper  for  their  many  publications,  including  Harper's 
Monthly,  Harper's  Weekly,  Harper's  Bazaar,  etc. 

Capital  stock S     200,000 

Lbs.  paper  manufactured  per  annum 10,000,000 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor ."?     120,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 230 

Tons  of  freight  annually  received  at  works 15,000 


MISCELLANEOUS    INDUSTRIES.  27 

THE    RICHMOND    STOVE    CO. 

This  is  another  of  our  large  industries,  which  has  added  much  to  the 
growth  and  prosperity  of  our  city.  The  works  were  first  started 
in  1S67,  by  ApoUos  Richmond,  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  who  had  long  been 
identified  witli  A.  C.  Barstow,  of  Providence,  in  the  manufacture  of 
stoves,  furnaces,  etc.  The  increased  demands  for  the  products  of  this 
manufactory  from  year  to  year,  have  necessitated  the  building  of  large 
additions  from  time  to  time,  so  that  at  present  the  works  extend  over  a 
vast  space  of  ground.  The  company  manufacture  first-class  warm-air 
furnaces,  steam  heaters,  ranges,  parlor  and  cooking  stoves,  which  are  on 
sale  in  nearly  every  city  of  the  Union. 

Capital  stock ,■>  1 50,000 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum S  100,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 150 

Tons  of  iron,  coal,  etc,,  handled  per  annum 5.000 


COLD  SPRING  IRON   WORKS. 

One  of  the  oldest  concerns  in  the  state  that  has  been  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  iron,  having  been  first  started  in  1845.  The  works  are 
located  at  Thamesville,  on  the  Thames  river,  a  mile  from  the  center  of 
the  city,  and  are  easily  accessible  by  water  for  the  loading  and  unload- 
ing of  the  heavy  material  that  the  works  receive  and  ship  to  different 
points.  The  plant  is  owned  and  managed  by  Mitchell  Brothers,  and  the 
products  are  merchantable  iron  of  various  kinds. 

Number    of  hands  employed '.  .  50 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor $  30,000 

Tons  scrap  iron     "       consumed 3,000 

■'     coal                "                         in  furnaces 2,500 

"     fire-brick,  sand,  etc.,  annually  consumed 300 

"     merchantable  iron              "         manufactured ....  2,200 


THE    NORWICH    NICKEL    WORKS. 

Gen.  Wm.  A.  Aiken  is  the  manager  and  sole  proprietor  Factory  on 
Chestnut  Street,  and  do  electro-plating  in  nickel,  silver  and  gold.  Also, 
manufactures  nickel  plated  window  display  fixtures  for  exhibiting  goods 
in  stores. 

Number  of  men  employed 25 


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THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


MISCELLANEOUS    INDUSTRIES.  29 

C.    B.    ROGERS   &    CO., 

Makers  of   Wood-  IVorkitig  Machinery. 

These  works  were  first  started  by  Caleb  B.  Rogers,  in  1S46,  on  a 
small  scale,  but  gradually  increased,  so  that  in  1863  it  was  incorporated 
as  a  joint  stock  company.  Their  machinery  finds  sale  not  only  in  vari- 
ous sections  of  this  country,  but  is  exported  to  South  America,  Mex- 
ico, New  Zealand,  Australia,  and  various  points  of  Europe. 

Capital  stock $  200,000 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum $  70,000 

Tons  freight  handled  per  annum 1,200 

Number  of  hands  employed 125 


THAMES  IRON  WORKS, 

are  located  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  Cold  Spring  Iron  Works, 
and  are  but  a  few  hundred  feet  apart.  A  joint  stock  company,  which 
was  organized  and  commenced  business  in  1863.  Its  products  are  bar 
and  spike  iron. 

Capital  stock $  20,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 45 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor $  36,000 

Tons  coal  "         consumed  in  furnaces.    ...    3.500 

"     of  iron        "         manufactured 3,000 


ALLEN    SPOOL    AND    PRINTING    CO. 

Their  factory  is  on  Franklin  Street,  and  is  managed  by  Edwin  Allen, 
the  inventor  of  the  machinery.  It  is  a  joint  stock  company,  and  re- 
quires but  a  small  capital.     The  work  is  mostly  done  by  boys. 

Capital  stock $  15,000 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor .•?  10,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 25 

Amount  of  products  per  annum,  about   $  36,000 


THE    OSS  A  WAN    MILLS    CO. 

The  factory  on  East  Broad  Street  is  the  largest  one  in  the  country 
that  makes  the  manufacture  of  picture,  shade  and  furniture  cord  a 
specialty.     The  labor  is  mostly  performed  by  girls.       Since  the  intro- 


30  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

duction    of   fine  varieties  of  wire  in  the  making  of   picture  cord,  the 
company  consumes  a  ton  a  week  of  this  article. 

Capital  stock S  20,000 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor $       g.ooo 

Number  of  hands  employed 40 


NORWICH    CORK    MANUFACTORY. 

Previous  to  1855,  all  the  corks  used  in  this  country  were  imported 
from  Spain  and  Portugal,  where  they  were  cut  by  hand.  In  that  year, 
the  brothers,  J.  D.  &  W.  R.  Crocker,  of  Norwich,  invented  and  per- 
fected the  first  machine  that  was  ever  made  for  cutting  corks  by  ma- 
chinery. This  invention  has  been  the  means  of  working  a  revolution 
in  the  manufacture  of  corks  all  over  the  world,  and  in  reducing  the 
prices.  The  Crocker  machines  are  now  not  only  in  operation  in  sev- 
eral of  our  American  cities,  but  also  in  Europe,  where  they  have  super- 
seded the  hand-labor  process.  Barnes  &  Co.,  of  this  city,  organized  a 
company  in  1856,  and  first  put  the  machines  in  practical  operation,  im- 
porting the  cork-wood  bark  from  Spain  and  Portugal,  the  countries 
where  it  grows.  At  present,  the  business  is  carried  on  in  Norwich  by 
Richard  F.  Goodwin,  at  his  works  on  Franklin  Street. 

Number  of  machines  in  operation 8 

Number  of  corks  annually  manufactured,  about 10,000,000 

Number  of  hands  employed,  mostly  boys .  10 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $  4,000 


NORWICH    BELT    MANUFACTURING    CO. 

This  is  an  important  industry,  that  was  commenced  in  Norwich  in 

1873,  and  has  increased  to  one  of  large  magnitude.  The  company  make, 

in  addition  to  belts,  various  kinds  of  goods  for  manufacturers'  use,  which 

find  a  large  and  ready  sale  all  over  the  country.       They  have  an  office 

and  depots  for  the  sale  of  their  goods  in  New  York,  Philadelphia  and 

Chicago.     Works  are  situated  between  Greeneville  and  Taftville. 

Amount  of  products  sold  per  annum $     300,000 

Tons  of  freight  handled  per  annum 1,500 

Number  of  hides  worked  into  belts  per  annum 15,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 60 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor S     30.000 


MISCELLANEOUS    INDUSTRIES.  3  I 

NORWICH  MALT  COMPANY. 

A  new  industry  that  has  recently  been  introduced  in  Norwich,  and 
that  has  not  fairly  yet  got  in  operation.  It  is  a  joint  stock  company, 
and  obtained  its  charter  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  in  iS86,  for  making 
malt  by  a  new  process,  which  promises  a  handsome  profit  on  the  invest- 
ment.    Works  located  in  the  Elevator  building,  on  Central  wharf. 

Capital  stock $  60,000 

Bushels  of  bailey  made  into  malt  per  anuum 175,000 

Number  of  hands  at  present  employed 10 

Yearly  expenses  including  salaries   . 10,500 

C.   H.  DAVIS    &    GO'S  PORK  PACKING  ESTABLISHMENT. 

Works  located  on  the  Taftville  road,  above  Greeneville.  Products 
sold  principally  throughout  New  England. 

Number  of  hogs  slaughtered  and  packed  annually 16.OOO 

"  "  men  employed 18 

Amount  paid  for  labor  j^er  annum S    10,000 

CHELSEA    FILE   WORKS. 

Commenced  manufacturing  and  recutting  files,  in  their  present  estab- 
lishment near  Franklin  Square,  in  1863.  Their  files  are  sold  through- 
out New  F^ngland,  and  the  West. 

Number  of  men  employed 3° 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor S  12,000 

THE    WM.    H.    PAGE    WOOD    TYPE    CO. 

These  works  have  been  in  operation  a  number  of  years,  and  their 
celebrated  wood  type,  which  is  made  by  machinery,  is  used  in  the  ma- 
jority of  printing  establishments  throughout  the  country,  and  also  to  a 
large  extent  in  South  America  and  the  West  Indies.  A  new  process  of 
making  wood  type,  very  recently  invented  by  one  of  the  firm,  will  en- 
able this  company  to  more  than  double  the  present  amount  of  business 
with  the  same  number  of  hands  now  employed. 

Capital  stock $  10,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 40 

Amount  of  products  per  annum,  about    S  45'000 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum $  18  000 


32  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

LESTER    &    WASLEY. 

This  firm  manufacture  envelope  machinery,  in  their  works  on  Frank- 
lin Street. 

Number  of  hands  employed 12 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum.  .      S     l2,ooo 


THE    SIBLEY    MACHINE    CO. 

This  company  manufacture  paper  machinery,  paper  engines,  cotton 
and  woolen  machinery,  etc. 

Capital  stock S     12,000 

Number  of  hands  employed 40 

Amount  paid  for  labor  per  annum S     15,000 

Amount  of  business  done  per  annum S   140,000 


J.  H.  CRANSTON, 

Manufacturer  Printing  Presses. 

Works  situated  at  Thamesville,  and  turning  off  a  large  number  of 
printing  presses  annually,  which  are  sold  all  over  the  country,  and  many 
exported  abroad.     Commenced  business  in  1879. 

Number  of  hands  employed ...  60 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $      36,000 

"         of  annual  sales $      95,000 


PAGE  STEAM   HEATING  COMPANY. 

A  joint  stock  company  whose  works  are  located  on  the  Greeneville 
road,  a  short  distance  from  the  business  centre  of  the  city.  Its  cel- 
ebrated steam  heaters,  which  have  gained  a  high  reputation  for  doing 
satisfactory  and  effective  work,  are  sold  in  the  various  states.  Col. 
W.  C.  Mowry,  is  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  works. 

Capital  stock. ...    %  20,000 

Xumber  of  hands  employed 10 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor $   10,000 


MISCELLANEOUS    INDUSTRIES.  33 

BENGAL  CHUTNEY    MANUFACTORY. 

A  recent  industry  which  has  been  introduced  in  Norwich,  and  which 
promises  to  be  of  much  importance  in  the  future,  its  sales  constantly 

increasing.      Its  factory  for  manufacturing  located  on  Chestnut  St. 

Number  of  hands  emi^loyed 18 

Amount  annually  paid  for  labor S     8.000 


THAMRS  KNITTING    CO. 

Manufactures  stockinets.     Works  on  Franklin  Street. 

Capital  stock S     lo.ooo 

Machines  run 25 


J.    B.    MERROW    &    SONS, 

Manufacturers  of  crochet  machines  for  finisliing  the  edges  of  knit  goods, 
occupy  rooms  in  Myers  &  Bailey  building,  on  Franklin  Street. 


NORWICH    HOSIERY   CO., 

Manufacture  cotton  hosiery,  and  run   14  knitting  machines.       Occupy 
rooms  in  Myers  &  Bailey  building,  on  Franklin  Street. 

The  above  three  concerns  employ  about  30  hands,  and  pay  out  in  the 
neighborhood  of  $15,000  ])er  annum  for  labor. 


J.  P.    COLLINS  &    COMPANY, 
Manufacturers  of  Turbine  Water  Wheels  and  heavy  Mill  .\fachi/tery. 

Works  on  West  Thames  Street. 

Number  of  men  employed    20 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor $    l(),000 

Tons  weight  material  annually  used 200 

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34  IHE    CIT\'    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

NORWICH    IRON  FOUNl>RY, 
A.  If.    Vajjghn  ^  Sons,  Proprietors. 

Established  in  1854. 

Number  of  men  employed 35 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor S    20,000 

Tons  of  iron  consumed  annually 600 

A.  W.    PRENTICE    &    CO., 

Afanufacturers  of  Cotton  Ropes,  Cords  and  Tiuines. 

This  is  probably  one  of  the  oldest  rope-walks  in  the  state,  having  been 
established  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  For  many  years 
it  was  known  as  "  John  Breed's  Rope-walk,"  and  did  a  large  business  in 
making  heavy  ropes  and  cordage. 

Number  of  men  employed 6 

Amount  paid  annually  for  labor.    . $       5, 000 

The  above  list,  with  the  exception  of  one  large  mill  in  Greeneville, 
which  declined  to  give  any  statistics  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  comprises  all 
the  manufactories  in  Norwich  that  are  in  active  operation  at  the  present 
time.  It  will  be  seen  that  there  are  in  all,  with  the  one  exception,  thir- 
ty-nine industries,  or  manufactories. 


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TRIBUTARY    MANUFACTURING    COMPANIES.  37 


MANUFACTURING  COMPANIES  THAT  ARE  TRIBUTARY  TO  NORWICH. 


Norwich  is  really  the  center  of  the  great  bulk  of  the  manufacturing 
interests  of  Eastern  Connecticut.  In  the  neighboring  towns,  and  in 
many  of  the  villages  on  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  and  the  New  Lon- 
don Nortliern  railroads,  are  a  number  of  mills  that  are  owned  wholly 
or  in  part  by  Norwich  capitalists,  and  depend  upon  Norwich  for  their 
mill  supplies  and  banking  privileges.  That  our  city  is  greatly  in- 
debted to  these  outside  interests  for  much  of  its  wealth  and  prosperity, 
there  is  no  denying.  From  these  manufactories  and  their  operatives  our 
merchants  derive  a  large  trade,  which  has  increased  from  year  to  year 
in  the  past,  and  promises  to  increase  in  the  future.  A  large  share  of  the 
freightage  to  and  from  these  mills,  passes  through  Norwich. 

We  give  below  a  list  of  those  from  whom  we  have  been  able  to  get 
statistics. 

THE  W.  A.  SLATER  COTTON  MILLS, 

at  Jewett  City,  nine  miles  from  Norwich,  is  owned  by  Mr.  Slater,  who 
resides  in  this  city.  It  has  16,000  si)indles,  consumes  2,280,000  pounds 
raw  cotton  annually,  produces  6,500,000  yards  colored  cottons,  employs 
430  operatives,  pays  out  $115,000  annually  for  labor,  and  handles  about 
3,200  tons  freight. 


THE  ASHLAND  COMPANY, 

in  the  same  village,  has  a  capital  stock  of  $400,000,  the  great  share  of 
which  is  owned  in  Norwich.  It  has  25,000  spindles,  consumes  830,000 
pounds  raw  cotton,  produces  1,250,000  yards  cambric,  twills  etc.,  em- 
ploys 350  operatives,  and  pays  out  $70,000  yearly  for  labor. 


38  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH.    CONN. 

THE  GRISWOLD  COTTON  MILL, 

in  the  town  of  Griswold,  near  the  village  of  Voluntown,  about  twelve 
miles  from  Norwich,  is  owned  by  L.  VV.  Carroll  of  this  city,  where  he 
has  his  main  office. 

It  has  11,000  spindles,  consumes  800  bales  of  cotton  yearly,  produces 
3,000,000  yards  print  cloths  a  year,  employs  130  operatives,  pays  out 
$50,000  a  year  for  help,  and  handles  about  800  tons  freight. 


BRIGGS  MANUFACTURING    CO., 

in  Voluntown,  has  a  capital  of  $100,000  and  runs  three  mills  with  15,000 
spindles,  consumes  900,000  pounds  raw  cotton,  employs  200  operatives, 
pays  out  yearly  for  labor,  $36,000. 

A  portion  of  the  stock  owned  in  Norwich. 


GLASGO  YARN   MILLS  CO. 

in  the  Town  of  Griswold,  ten  miles  from  Norwich,  has  a  capital  stock 
of  $250,000 — partly  owned  in  this  city.  It  employs  no  hands,  to  whom 
is  paid  $32,000  a  year  for  labor.  It  manufactures  fine  cotton  yarns 
and  consumes  450,000  lbs.  long  staple  cotton  a  year,  and  produces 
340,000  lbs.  fine  yarns. 


ATTAWAUGAN  COMPANY, 

comprises  three  mills — the  Attawaugan  and  Ballou  Mills  at  Dayville, 
Conn.,  and  the  Pequot  Mill  at  Montville,  Conn.,  seven  miles  from  Nor- 
wich. They  have  a  capital  stock  of  $600,000,  the  majority  of  which  is 
owned  in  Norwich,  where  the  main  office  is  located.  The  company 
runs  46,000  spindles,  consumes  5,000  bales  raw  cotton  yearly,  employs 
800  operatives,  and  pay  out  $150,000  ar^nually  for  labor.  Freights  han- 
dled 4,000  tons,  and  amount  paid  yearly  for  mill  supplies  $25,000.  Main 
office  in  this  city 


TRIBUTARY    MANUFACTURING    COMPANIES.  39 

SAYLES  &  WASHBURN  WOOLEN  MILLS, 

at  Mechanicsville,  on  the  Norwich  and  Worcester  Railroad.  Partly 
owned  in  Norwich.  Employ  352  operatives,  pay  annually  for  labor 
$106,000.  Setts  cards  in  mill,  18  ;  and  manufactures  438,000  yards  6-4 
cloth. 

WHITESTONE  COMPANY. 

Mills  at  East  Killingly.  Capital  stock  $200,000.  Run  8000  spindles, 
employ  100  hands,  consumes  900  bales  raw  cotton  annually,  pay-roll 
$25,000  yearly,  handle  800  tons  freight,  and  make  18,000,000  yards  cot- 
ton cloth.     Stock  owned  in  Norwich. 

KIRK   MILLS. 

Situated  at  Central  Village,  eighteen  miles  from  Norwich.  The  two 
mills  run  11,000  spindles,  employ  125  hands,  consume  1,000  bales  cotton, 
pay  $30,000  annually  for  labor,  and  make  2,500,000  yards  cotton  cloth. 
Tons  of  freight  handled,  t,ooo.  The  mills  are  owned  and  managed  by 
the  Leavens  Brothers,  of  Norwich- 

BOZRAHVILLE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 

Located  at  Bozrahville,  eight  miles  from  Norwich.  Capital  stock 
$80,000,  number  of  spindles  7944,  employ  120  hands,  pay  annually  for 
labor  $32,000,  manufactured  during  the  past  year  2,219,761  yards  light 
sheetings  and  twills.  Pounds  cotton  consumed,  476,487.  Stock  owned 
in  Norwich. 

HALLVILLE  MILLS. 

Located  in  Preston,  four  miles  from  Norwich.  Employ  175  hands, 
and  consume  720,000  pounds  wool  annually.  Make  865,000  yards  flan- 
nels, and  pay  out  for  labor  $60,000  a  year.  Handle  2,200  tons  freight 
The  Hall  Brothers,  who  own  and  manage  the  mills,  live  in  Norwich, 
where  they  have  their  main  office. 


40  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

PALMER    BROTHERS, 

Manufacturers  of  bed  comfortables,  being  the  largest  concern  in  the 
world  that  make  the  manufacture  of  this  class  of  goods  a  specialty. 
They  have  three  mills  :  one  each  at  Filchville,  Montville  and  Oakdale, 
which  is  in  the  town  of  Montville.  The  three  mills  are  in  the  immedi- 
ate vicinity,  and  but  a  few  miles  from  Norwich,  and  are  partly  owned  in 
this  city. 

FiTCHViLi.E  Mill. 

Number  of  hands  employed,  275  ;  wages  paid  annually,  $80,000  ; 
number  of  comfortables  made  in  a  year,  1,000,000;  consumes  12,000,- 
000  yards  calico  and  6,000,000  lbs.  cotton,  and  other  material  for  filling 
in  making  the  million  comfortables, 

Montville  I\1ill. 

Employs  150  hands — its  yearly  pay-roll  amounting  to  $50,000  ;  makes 
400,000  comfortables  ;  consumes  5,000,000  yds.  calico  and  2,500,000  lbs, 
cotton  annually. 

Oakdale  Mill. 

Employs  75  hands,  and  pays  out  $25,000  a  year  for  labor  ;  makes 
5,000,000  comfortables  ;  and  consumes  5,000,000  yards  calico,  and  2,- 
500,000  lbs.  cotton  and  other  material  for  filling  annually. 

Sum  Total  of  the  Three  Mills. 

IS  umber  of  hands  employed 500 

Wages  paid  annually $       155,000 

Comfortables  made  annually 1,800,000 

Yards  calico  consumed  annually 21,000,000 

'        Lbs.  cotlon  and  other  material  consumed  annually 11,000,000 


NIANTIC   WOOLEN    MILLS. 

At  East  Lyme,  sixteen  miles  from  Norwich.  Manufactures  ladies' 
dress  goods  and  flannels.  Employs  150  hands,  and  its  yearly  pay-roll 
amounts  to  $40,000.  Runs  12  setts  cards.  The  mills  are  owned  and 
managed  by  A.  P.  Sturtevant  and  Son,  of  Norwich. 


TRIBUTARY    M ANUFACTURIN'G    COMPANIES.  41 

WILLIMANTIC   SILK    COMPANY. 

Located  just  across  the  Shetucket  river,  in  Preston,  about  a  quarter 
of  a  mile  from  Norwich  center.  Manufactures  silk  ribbons.  Employs 
ninety  hands,  and  pays  out  to  its  help  $25,000  annually.  Its  capital 
stock  is  $20,000,  and  consumes  about  10,000  pounds  raw  silk  a  year. 
Was  organized  sixteen  years  ago. 


B.   LUCAS  &  GO'S  WOOLEN   MILLS. 

At  Poquetannock,  four  miles  from  Norwich  center.  Manufactures 
flannels  and  dress  goods.  Employ  48  hands,  and  pay  out  $20,000  a' 
year  for  wages.  Make  325,000  yards  goods,  and  consume  90,000  pounds 
scoured  wool  annually.  Run  four  setts  cards,  and  28  115-inch  looms. 
The  concern  is  partly  owned  in   Norwich. 


GLEN    WOOLEN    CO. 

J^ocated  in  Preston,  about  five  miles  from  Norwich.  Number  of 
hands  employed,  35  ;  has  2  setts  of  cards,  and  consumes  75,000  lbs.  of 
wool  annually  ;  pays  its  help  $12,000.  Owned  and  managed  by  A.  P. 
Sturtevant,  of  Norwich. 


R.    G.    HOOPER   WOOLEN    MILLS. 

Located  at  Montville,  seven  miles  from  Norwich.  Manutactures 
fancy  cassimeres  ;  employs  70  men,  and  pays  for  labor  $30,000  a  year  ; 
has  4  setts  cards,  and  makes  240,000  yards  goods  annually. 


L.  M.  HEERY  .^  CO.  WOOLEN  ^IILLS. 

Located  in  Lisbon,  on  the  Shetucket  river,  a  few  rods  from  the  Nor- 
wich boundary.  Make  cassimeres  ;  employ  325  hands,  and  run  100 
looms  and  17  setts  cards  ;  pay-roll  amounts  to  $75,000  a  year;  consumes 
1,000,000  lbs.  wool,  and  produces  500,000  yards  6-4  goods. 


42  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

ALLEN    WOOLEN    MILLS. 

At  Hanover,  ten  miles  from  Norwich.     Manufacture  flannels,  tweeds 
and  cassimeres  ;  run  6  sett  cards,  and  lo  narrow  and  27  broad  looms. 


AMBROSE    REYNOLDS    MILLS. 

At  Blissville,  in  Lisbon,  three  miles  from  Norwich  centre.  Manu- 
factures cotton  warp  flannels  and  shoddy  ;  run  2  setts  cards,  24  narrow- 
looms  and  I  shoddy  picker. 


B.  F.  SCHOLFIELD  MILL. 

At  Montville,  about  seven  miles  from  Norwich.       Manufactures  sati- 
nets.    Run  one  sett  cards  and  four  looms. 


CHARLES  SCHOLFIELD  MILL. 
At  Montville.     Manufactures  woolen  goods.     One  sett  cards. 

BEAVER  BROOK  MILL. 

At  Baltic,  six  miles  from  Norwich.     Manufactures  flannels.     Run  two 
setts  cards,  and  twenty-two  looms. 

J.  B.  SHANNON    &    CO'S  MILL. 

At  Baltic.     Manufactures  flannels.     Run  three  setts  cards,  and  twen- 
ty-four looms. 


WEST    INDIA    TRADE.       RAILROAD    FREIGHTS.  43 

WEST     INDIA    TRADE. 


Commercial  relations  between  Norwich  and  the  West  Indies  existed 
previous  to  the  commencement  of  tlie  present  century,  and  have  been 
kept  up  most  of  the  time  since,  though  not  on  a  large  scale.  Many  of  the 
merchants  of  former  days  laid  the  foundations  of  handsome  fortunes  by 
exporting  and  importing  live  stock  and  various  kinds  of  merchandise 
to  and  from  these  islands.  The  only  house  at  iiresent  engaged  in  the 
trade  is  that  of  J.  M.  Huntington  &  Co.,  which  was  established  in  1S58. 
During  the  thirty  years  that  the  firm  had  vessels  plying  back  and  forth 
between  the  West  Indies  and  Norwich,  the  amount  of  merchandise  they 
have  brought  here,  especially  of  molasses  and  sugar,  would  represent 
many  millions  of  dollars,  a  great  portion  of  which  found  purchasers  in 
Eastern  Connecticut.  In  the  year  1887,  the  importations  of  the  firm 
were  : 

4,I0'5  hhds.  molasses  from  Poito  Rico,  )  * 

^'     ^  ,.  ..  ;j  ,,  - SI 74.000 

322  tierces  u  ..  ^  ,    1-, 

10  puncheons  bay  rum  from  Porlo  Rico,  / 

7obarrels               "             •*             "           [  7,300 

24  hhds.  sugar                      "              "              I1673 

1,902  bushels  salt  from  Turk's  Island 1,050 

.$184,023 

In  addition  to  this,  the  firm  brought  from  New  Orleans  by  vessel  501 
bbls.  molasses,  valued  at  $10,900  ;  and  exported  to  Porto  Rico  cooper- 
age materials,  provisions,  etc.,  to  the  amount  of  $22,500. 


RAILROAD    FREIGHTS. 


The  Norwich  &  Worcester  Railroad  forwarded  from  Norwich,  from 
Dec.  ist,  1S86  to  Dec.  ist,  1887,  234,583  tons  of  freight,  and  delivered 
at  Norwich  in  the  same  time,  51,595  tons. 


44  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


TONNAGE  OF  THAMES  RIVER. 


The  freight  of  all  kinds  brought  up  to  Norwich  by  steamers  and  sail 
vessels  during  the  past  year  amounts  to  330,000  tons, valued  at  $4,000,000. 

One-fourth  of  this  was  landed  at  Allyn's  Point,  seven  miles  below  the 
city,  and  the  balance,  about  250,000  tons,  valued  at  $3,250,000,  was 
brought  to  this  port. 

The  number  of  steamers  of  the  "Norwich  Line"  that  discharged 
freights  at  Allyn's  Point  and  at  wharf  in  Norwich  to  be  transported 
north  by  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  Railroad,  was  185  ;  and  the  number 
of  sail  vessels  with  coal,  pig  iron,  steel  billets,  etc-,  landing  at  the  same 
places  for  railroad  transportation  was  450.  In  addition  to  these,  there 
were  569  steamers  and  sailing  vessels  that  landed  freights  of  lumber, 
brick,  iron,  coal  and  other  merchandise  at  the  wharves  in  Norwich  for 
Norwich  parties,  making  1,204  sail  vessels  and  steam  vessels  in  all. 


COAL  AND   LUMBER. 


The  facilities  for  shipping  lumber  and  coal  direct  to  the  wharves  in 
this  city  by  sailing  vessels  or  steamers,  instead  of  transporting  by  rail, 
which  would  be  much  more  expensive,  makes  Norwich  a  desirable  mar- 
ket for  purchasing  the  supplies.  By  careful  estimates,  it  was  found  that 
in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  60,000  tons  of  coal  was  handled  in 
Norwich  the  past  year,  which  does  not  include  the  very  heavy  amount 
handled  at  Allyn's  Point,  and  transported  by  rail  to  Worcester  and 
points  beyond. 

Of  the  lumber  trade,  it  was  found  that  about  15,000,000  feet  was  han- 
dled in  Norwich  the  past  twelve  months. 


COTTON    AND    WOOL    TRADK.       MILL    PRIVILF.OES.  45 

COTTON    AND   WOOL  TRADE. 


Norwich  being  the  center  of  a  large  manufacturing  district,  its  sales 
of  raw  material  that  enter  into  the  making  of  cloths  and  of  manufactur- 
ers' supplies  are  consequently  heavy.  The  dealers  in  cottons  and  wools 
report  their  sales  the  last  year  to  have  been  3,000,000  pounds  wool,  and 
5,000,000  pounds  cotton. 


MILL  PRIVILEGES. 


It  may  be  imagined  by  many  after  reading  the  statistics  which  we 
have  given  elsewhere  of  the  large  number  of  mills  that  are  already  in  ac- 
tive operation  in  Norwicli,  that  all  the  available  water  power  has  been 
utilized.  But  such  is  not  the  fact,  as  there  are  several  fine  privileges 
that  are  so  centrally  located  near  tide-water  and  railroad  facilities,  as  to 
offer  great  inducements  to  manufacturers  to  locate  upon.  The  tunnel 
privilege,  so  called,  on  the  Quinnebaug  river  about  a  mile  above  Greene- 
ville,  is  one  of  the  best  unoccupied  privileges  in  New  England.  It  has 
a  22  foot  fall  with  a  capacity  of  iSoo  horse  power,  and  can  be  developed 
at  small  cost.  The  Norwich  &  Worcester  railroad  adjoins  it,  and  the 
Taftville  station  is  but  iioo  yards  away.  The  privilege,  with  the  nine- 
ty acres  of  land  that  goes  with  it,  has  been  recently  surveyed  by  the 
Shetucket  Company,  to  whom  it  belongs,  for  the  purpose  of  putting  it 
in  the  market.  The  Falls  Company  have  a  desirable  privilege  located 
a  short  distance  above  their  mill  at  the  Falls  village.  It  has  a  fall  of 
fourteen  feet,  and  a  200  horse  power,  and  but  a  few  hundred  yards  dis- 
tant from  the  New  London  Northern  railroad.  Near  the  Totokett  Mills, 
above  Taftville,  is  another  privilege  with  13  foot  fall,  and  dam  already 
built.  It  has  a  capacity  of  140  horse  power  the  whole  year,  and  360 
for  part  of  the  year. 


46  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


NORWICH     POST    OFFICE. 


The  following  statistics,  showing  the  business  done  at  the  Norwich 
Post  Office  during  the  year  ending  December  31st,  1887,  have  been 
kindly  furnished  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Postmaster  Avery. 

RECEIPTS. 

Received  from  stamps,  envelopes,  etc $26,747  98 

"  box  rents i,47i   5° 

"  waste  paper .  417 

$28,223  65 

EXPENSES. 

Post  office $  5,906  22 

Postmaster's  salary 2,700  00 

Letter  Carriers'  expenses 5,554  93 

Mail  Messenger 332  50 

$14,493  65 

Net  income $13, 730  00 


MONEY  ORDER  BUSINESS. 

Balance  on  hand  January  ist,  1887 $     304  90 

Domestic  money  orders  issued 44.830  74 

"             "           "        fees 35913 

Postal  notes 4, 167  89 

"     fees 7539 

International  money  orders 7.886  30 

"               "           "      fees 105   10 

357,729  45 

Domestic  money  orders  paid $33,362  42 

Postal  notes  paid 4, 206  67 

International  money  orders  paid 1,118  74 

Amount  repaid 470  22 

Amount  remitted  by  draft 18,231   75 

Balance  on  hand  December  31,  18S7 339  65 

S57.729  45 

REGISTRY    DEPARTMENT. 

Number  of  letters  and  packages  registered 3,236 

"  ■'         "         "  received 3.783 

"  "         "         "  in  transit 4.310 

11,329 


NORWICH    POST    OFFICE.  47 

LETTER    CARRIERS'    DEPARTMENT. 

Carriers  employed 7 

Delivery  trip  daily    22 

Collection  "     "       .•••....    24 

Registered  letters  delivered ii497 

Letters  delivered. 540,192 

Postal  cards  delivered 80,585 

Newspapers,  packages,  circulars,  etc.  delivered 432,234 

Letters  collected 366,319 

Postal  cards  collected 56,090 

Newspapers,  etc.,  collected 41.3T8 

1.518.235 

BOX    AND    GENERAL    DELIVERY. 

Letters  delivered 506,142 

Postal  cards 79. 720 

Newspapers,  packages,  etc n  2. 305 

698,167 

MAILING   DEPARTMENT. 

Letters  mailed ••••       1.160,334 

Postal  cards  mailed 150, 307 

Circulars,  newspapers,  packages,  etc 696,870 

2.007,511 

GENERAL   BUSINESS. 

Total  receipts  from  postage  account.  ...    $28,223  ^^5 

Balance  on  hand,  money  order  account,  January  1st,   18.S7. .  .  304  90 

Total  receipts  from  money  orders,  etc 57,424  55 

$85,953   10 

Total  expenses  Post  Office ..$14,49365 

Net  income  to  department  postage  account ...     13,730  00 

Total  money  orders  paid 39.158  05 

Total  money  orders  remitted  by  draft 18,231   75 

Balance  on  hand  Dec.  31,  1887 339  65 

$85,953   10 

The  Post  Office  receipts  for  the  past  year  liave  been  $3,000  larger  than 
any  previous  year. 


48 


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BANKS    AND     BANKING. 


Norwich  is  the  banking  centre  of  Eastern  Connecticut,  and  carries 
a  heavy  capital  to  accommodate  the  many  manufacturers  and  business 
men  in  this  part  of  the  state.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  city  in  New 
England  of  its  size  has  better  banking  facilities  founded  on  a  sounder 
basis.  The  investments  of  the  different  banks  are  loaned  on  the 
safest  securities,  and  depositors,  as  well  as  stockholders,  have  every 
reason  to  rest  assured  that  their  money  and  their  interests  are  well  pro- 
tected. The  following  table,  giving  a  list  of  the  national  banks,  shows 
the  amount  of  stock  of  each,  and  when  first  organized,  together  with 
the  amount  of  capital  stock,  and  the  surplus  on  hand  the  ist  of  January, 
1888.  It  also  gives  the  deposits  and  surplus  of  the  savings  banks  on 
the  same  date.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  six  national  banks  have  a  capi- 
tal of  $2,320,000.00,  and  a  surplus  of  earnings  amounting  to  $606,700; 
while  the  three  savings  institutions  have  deposits  amounting  to  $13," 
101,365.39,  and  a  surplus  of  $342,500.00,  all  combined  making  the  heavy 
total  of  $15,421,365.39  of  capital  and  deposits,  and  $949,200.00  of  sur- 
plus. The  Norwich  Savings  Bank  with  its  $8,066,646.39  of  deposits  is 
one  of  the  oldest  savings  institutions  in  New  England,  and,  with  one 
exception,  has  the  heaviest  amount  of  deposits  of  any  similar  institu- 
tion in  Connecticut. 

Worcester,  which  claims  at  present,  a  population  of  about  100,000. 
has  but  seven  national  banks  with  an  aggregate  capital  of  $2,250,000.00, 
and  four  savings  banks,  with  an  aggregate  of  $19,000,000.00  of  accu- 
mulated savings. 


STREET     RAILWAYS. 


Street  railways  are  not  only  a  great  luxury,  but  have  become  a  pub- 
lic necessity  in  all  of  our  cities.  Norwich  is  not  behind  the  spirit  of 
the  age  in  this  respect,  being  well  provided  and  accommodated  with 
this  convenient  and  pleasant  mode  of  transportation.       The  street  cars 

4 


50  IHK    (TIY    OK    NORWICH,    CONN. 

commenced  running  in  rS68,  and  the  travel  on  them  has  gradually  in- 
creased from  year  to  year,  and  have  proved  such  a  convenience  that  it 
would  be  difficult  to  dispense  with  them.  One  of  the  lines  extends 
from  Franklin  Square  to  the  upper  end  of  Greeneville,  a  distance  of  i^^ 
miles  ;  and  another  from  Fiinklin  Square  through  North  Washington  St. 
to  Norwich  Town  and  Bean  Hill,  a  distance  of  3^^  miles.  From  the 
latter  line  there  is  a  branch  that  extends  from  Williams  Fark  through 
Sachem  Street  to  the  Falls  village,  and  from  thence  through  Lafayette 
Street  to  North  Washington  Street,  where  it  connects  with  the  Norwich 
Town  and  Bean  Hill  route,  a  distance  of  about  i]/^  miles.  The  line 
from  Greeneville  is  being  extended  and  the  rails  laid  to  Taftville,  21^ 
miles,  thus  connecting  that  large  and  thriving  village  with  our  city.  It 
is  expected  that  this  extension  will  be  completed,  and  the  cars  running 
early  in  the  coming  spring. 

The  cars  run  at  stated  intervals  during  the  day,  and  until  ten  o'clock 
in  the  evening,  thus  being  a  great  accommodation  to  merchants  and 
others  doing  business  in  the  city  and  living  in  the  suburbs. 


CITY    WATER     SUPPLY= 


No  city  in  New  England  has  a  more  abundant  supply  of  good, 
wholesome  water  than  Norwich.  The  reservoir,  which  covers  66  acres, 
being  \}i  miles  long  and  an  average  width  of  480  feet,  is  situated  on 
high,  elevated  ground  in  the  northerly  part  of  the  town,  2^2  miles  from 
Franklin  Square,  the  centre  of  the  city.  At  this  point  the  level  of  the 
overflow  at  the  dam  is  234  feet,  and  at  tide  water  253  feet,  thus  giving 
it  a  pressure  or  head  that  makes  it  of  inestimable  value  as  an  auxiliary 
to  our  fire  department  in  extinguishing  fires.  The  reservoir  gets  its  sup- 
ply from  natural  springs  that  flow  into  it  from  the  surrounding  hills,  and 
a  water  shed  of  upwards  of  400  acres.  It  has  a  capacity  of  350,000,000 
gallons,  and  by  a  small  outlay  can  be  made  to  hold  a  much  larger 
amount  should  future  demands  require ;  but,  at  present,  the  supply  is 
fully  adequate  to  the  wants  of  a  city  twice  the  size  of  Norwich.  The 
water  from  the  reservoir  is  conducted  as  far  as  the  Soldiers'  Monument, 
at  the  head  of  Williams  Park — a  distance  of  1J2  miles — in  two  mains  : 


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one  ]  6-inch  and  one  14-incIi.  From  this  point  water  is  distributed 
through  smaller  pipes  to  all  i)arts  of  the  city,  including  Greeneville, 
Laurel  Hill,  Thamesville  and  the  Falls  village.  At  the  present  time 
the  water  is  supplied  to  3,277  families,  815  offices  and  stores,  259  livery 
and  private  stables,  318  garden  hydrants  and  hose,  287  public  fire  hy- 
drants, 20  fire  cisterns.  16  school-houses,  22  fountains,  41  steam  en- 
gines, 62  manufactories,  230  street  front  sprinklers,  45  saloons,  26 
markets,  25  green-houses  and  graperies,  9  fire  engine  houses,  and  for  a 
large  number  of  other  purposes.  The  amount  received  for  water  rates 
for  the  year  ending  March  31st,  1887,  was  $31,897.02,  and  the  sums 
paid  for  keeping  the  works  in  repair,  and  for  salaries  and  various  ex- 
penses, amounted  to  $10,231.11,  leaving  a  balance  of  $21,665.91  due 
the  city.  The  total  length  of  pipes  now  laid  in  the  streets,  including 
the  mains,  is  188,666  feet,  or  a  trille  less  than  36  miles. 

The  distribution  of  287  fire  hydrants  throughout  the  streets  of  the  city, 
and  the  pressure  of  a  250-feet  head,  makes  the  city  almost  safe  against 
a  fire  of  any  magnitude.  With  such  a  force  of  water  from  a  fountain 
head  of  such  large  capacity,  in  connection  with  our  efficient  fire  de- 
partment, Norwich  virtually  insures  itself  against  the  devouring  element. 
Hose  attached  to  one  of  the  hydrants  will  easily  throw  a  stream  over 
the  highest  buildings  in  the  city.  The  first  public  test  of  the  fire  hy- 
drants was  made  in  1869,  when  under  a  220-feet  iiead,  water  was  forced 
through  200  feet  of  2^ -inch  hose,  with  a  i ^2-inch  nozzle,  vertically,  to 
a  height  of  140  feet.  The  whole  cost  of  the  water  works  up  to  the  pres- 
ent time  is  about  $600,000. 


SEWERS    AND     SEWERAGE. 


It  is  difficult  for  any  city  or  town  to  obtain  good  sewerage  where  it 
is  built  on  land  that  has  an  almost  level  surface.  In  such  localities 
sewers  may  be,  and  are  constructed,  and  if  they  do  their  work  at  all, 
they  do  it  sluggishly,  and  to  little  or  no  purpose.  Water  will  not  llow 
naturally    unless    moved    by    the    impetus    of   a  downward   tendency- 


52  THK    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

Many  of  our  New  England,  as  well  as  our  Western  cities,  suffer  from 
having  been  built  on  plain  lands,  where  it  is  impossible  to  get  good 
drainage,  and,  in  consequence,  are  visited  periodically  with  fevers,  epi- 
demics and  contagious  diseases.  All  of  the  great  scientists  of  the  pres- 
ent day,  and  those  among  the  medical  fraternity  who  have  made  the  or- 
igin of  various  diseases  and  epidemics  a  special  study,  unite  in  affirming 
that  a  large  majority,  even  if  not  all  epidemics  and  scourges  which 
sweep  off  its  victims  by  the  hundreds  and  thousands — often  designated 
as  "  visitations  of  God," — are  attributable  to  the  want  of  sewerage,  or 
to  imperfect  sewerage.  As  an  instance  in  support  of  this  conclusion, 
the  case  of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  is  referred  to,  which  was  almost  de- 
populated a  few  years  ago  by  yellow  fever.  Here,  on  account  of  the 
even  surface  of  the  land  on  which  Memphis  is  built,  no  public  or  pri- 
vate sewerage  had  ever  been  attempted  ;  but  when  the  dreaded  scourge 
had  almost  wasted  itself  for  the  want  of  more  victims  to  feed  upon,  the 
remnant  of  inhabitants  awoke  from  their  lethargy,  and  at  an  enormous 
expense  and  debt  to  the  city,  constructed  sewers,  with  artificial  flowage, 
which  have  seemingly  had  the  effect  of  averting  a  repetition  of  the  epi- 
demic. 

Happily,  Norwich  is  so  situated  that  it  needs  no  artificial  means  to 
force  running  water  through  its  sewers,  or  to  wash  its  streets  and  gut- 
ters like  Paris,  and  many  cities  which  could  be  mentioned.  Nature 
takes  this  work  upon  herself  in  our  city,  and  often,  after  heavy  rains 
and  freshets,  does  it  too  lavishly.  The  streets  lined  with  beautiful  resi- 
dences, ware-houses  and  public  buildings,  rising  one  above  another,  are 
built  on  lands  that  rise  abruptly  from  the  rivers'  banks  that  almost  en- 
close the  city,  thus  giving  a  natural  and  almost  effective  drainage.  In 
connection  with  what  nature  has  done  in  this  respect,  Norwich  has 
built  within  a  few  years  9J/2  miles  of  sewers,  at  an  expense  of  $160,- 
000.00,  through  its  principal  streets,  which  empty  themselves  in  a  rapid 
current  into  the  river.  Vital  statistics  testify  that  there  is  no  city  in 
New  England  more  healthy  than  Norwich,  or  one  that  is  more  free  of 
epidemics  of  every  kind,  malaria,  fevers  or  fever  and  ague. 

Three  years  ago,  5,111  feet  (a  trifle  less  than  a  mile)  of  sewers  were 
built  in  the  streets  of  Greeneville,  at  an  expense  of  $30,552.64,  thus 
making  that  thrifty  manufacturing  suburb  of  the  city  a  healthy,  as  well 
as  a  pleasant  place  of  residence. 


ST.    PATRICKS    ROMAN    CATHOLIC     CHL  Kc  H,    NOKWRH,    CONN. 


CHURCHES. 


FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 


54 


THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


CHURCHES. 


Norwich  is  well  represented  in  churches,  which  embrace  all  well- 
know^n  denominations  and  societies.  The  buildings  are  so  located  as  to 
be  convenient  to  all  parts  of  the  city,  and  to  cover  the  entire  popula- 
tion, rich  and  poor,  with  the  benign  influences  growing  out  of  the  or- 
ganizations. In  all  of  the  churches  there  are  well-organized  societies 
for  Christian  work  among  the  poor,  in  attending  the  sick,  feeding  the 
hungry,  and  for  the  purposes  of  extending  a  hospitable  hand  to  strang- 
ers, thereby  exerting  a  great  influence  for  good.  By  the  list  given  be- 
low, it  will  be  seen  that  three  of  the  churches  were  organized  long  be- 
fore the  commencement  of  the  present  century— the  Norwich  Town 
Congregational  Church  being  the  oldest,  dating  back  to  1660. 

The  following  list  embraces  all  the  church  organizations,  all  of  which 
possess  comfortable  buildings  for  holding  services,  several  of  which  are 
handsome  architectural  structures,  and  ornaments  to  the  city. 


First  Conrrregational  Church,  Norwich  Town, 


Broadway         "'  " 

Second 

Park 

Fourth, 

Taftville 

Christ  Church  (Episcopal), 

Trinity     "  " 

St.  Andrew's  Ch. 

Grace  Chapel 

Central  M.  E.  Church, 

East  Main  St.     " 

S.ichem  St.  '  " 

First 

Greeneville, 

First  Baptist  Churcli, 

Central  "         " 

Third 

Mount  Calvary  "         "  (coFd)  49  High  Street, 

Universalist  Church,  2gS  Main  Street, 

German  Lutheran  Church,         169  Franklin  Street, 

A.  M.  E.  Zion's  Church  (col'd)  362 

St.  Patrick's       R.  C.  Church,   205  Broadway, 

Sacred  Heart  "  '         Taftville, 

St.  Joseph's  '■  "         Occum, 

St.  Mary's  "  "         North  Main  Street, 


89  Broadway, 
63  Church  Street,   . 
283  Broadway,   . 
Greeneville,    . 
Taftville, 

78  Washington  Street, 
Church  Street, 
Greeneville,  . 
Yantic, 
57  Main  Street, 

315     " 

49  Sachem  Street, 

Bean   Hill, 

Greeneville, 

239  West  Main  Street, 

43  Broadway, 

Greeneville, 


Organized  1660 

1852 

"     1760 

1874 

1867 
1746 


1859 

1855 


i3oo 
1840 
1846 
1871 


BROADWAY    CONGKEGA  1  lON  .v  i 


PARK.    C0NC;REGA'I10XA1.    (Hl'RCH,    NOKWU  H.    i(i\\ 


CHURCHE? 


Mj-ioltWyafci^* 


FIRST  CONGREGAlKi.NAL  CHLkCH. 


SECOND  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH. 


56  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

Making,  in  all,  of  different  denominations  : 

Congregational,     ...........  6 

Methodist  Episcopal,  .........  5 

Episcopal,     ............  4 

Baptist ■ 4 

Roman  Catholic,   ...........  4 

Univeisalist,  ..........  i 

German   Lutheran,  ..........  I 

A.  M.  E.  Zion's, I 

26 

In  addition  to  the  above,  is  the  Buckingham  Chapel,  140  Boswell 
Avenue,  connected  with  the  Broadway  Congregational  Church,  a  neat 
and  handsome  structure,  the  gift  of  Governor  William  A.  Buckingham  ; 
and  Trinity  Church  Chapel  on  Mt.  Pleasant  Street,  connected  with 
Trinity  Church. 


PUBLIC     LIBRARIES. 


The  Otis  Library,  at  the  corner  of  Church  Street  and  Broadway,  was 
erected  and  endowed  with  a  liberal  fund  for  the  purchase  of  new  books 
by  the  late  Joseph  Otis,  in  1858.  It  contains  at  present  about  15,000 
carefully  selected  volumes,  besides  having  on  its  tables  about  50  Amer- 
ican and  foreign  magazines  and  reviews.  All  of  the  new  and  popular 
books  are  purchased  as  fast  as  issued  from  the  press.  For  the  use  of  the 
books  and  periodicals  a  moderate  sum  is  charged. 

The  library  is  open  from  10  a.  m.  to  8  p.  m.  every  day  in  the  week, 
except  Sundays,  and  its  quiet  alcoves  are  a  pleasant  retreat  for  those  who 
have  leisure  hours  for  reading  and  looking  over  books  of  reference. 

The  library  building  is  already  too  small  to  accommodate  the  rapidly- 
increasing  number  of  books,  and  the  indications  are  that  in  a  short  time 
it  will  be  enlarged  to  double  its  present  size.  It  has  a  fund  of  about 
$20,000,  the  income  of  which  is  devoted  exclusively  to  the  purchase  of 
new  books. 


PUBLIC    LIBRARIES. 


OTIS    LIBRARY. 


58  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

The  Peck  Library,  in  the  new  Slater  Memorial  Hall,  was  designed  by 
its  donor,  Mrs.  General  William  Williams,  more  particularly  for  the 
benefit  of  the  scholars  of  the  Norwich  Free  Academy  ;  but  on  cer- 
tain days  of  the  week  it  is  open  to  the  public,  though  none  of  the  books 
are  allowed  to  be  taken  from  the  building.  It  contains  about  6,000 
volumes,  and  has  a  fund  of  $10,000. 


YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION. 


The  philanthropic  and  Christian  organizations  under  the  above  name 
are  rapidly  becoming  factors  in  the  business  and  social  life  of  our  cities. 
There  are  over  one  thousand  in  the  United  States  alone,  and  last  year 
(1887)  the  benevolent  contributions  to  these  associations  amounted  to 
upwards  of  two  millions  of  dollars.  Six  millions  of  dollars  are  already 
invested  in  association  property,  and  the  buildings  recently  erected 
are  among  the  beautiful  and  attractive  edifices  of  modern  times,  a  prac- 
tical demonstration  of  the  value  of  their  work. 

The  aim  of  the  organization  is  "  the  improvement  of  the  three-sided 
nature  of  young  men," — physical,  mental  and  moral — commends  itself  to 
business  men,  in  that,  when  demonstrated,  better  service  is  secured,  and 
the  moral  tone  of  a  city  is  made  higher  and  more  intellectual. 

The  organization  in  Norwich  from  the  start,  April,  1885,  has  had  the 
warmest  sympathy  and  support  of  the  business  men  of  the  city.  The  rooms 
— ten  in  number — are  located  conveniently  on  a  principal  street,  and  are 
in  arrangement  and  furnishing  second  to  none  in  the  state.  The  associa- 
tion, from  the  first,  has  been  popular  with  young  men — the  average  daily 
attendance  being  upwards  of  one  hundred  and  fifty.  The  educational 
classes  are  of  the  best,  the  gymnasium  is  popular,  and  the  religious  ser- 
vices largely  attended.  Yet  the  organization  has  by  no  means  struck 
twelve,  and  the  ambition  of  the  managers  and  friends  of  the  association 
is  looking  forward  to  the  day  when,  like  similar  institutions  of  other 
cities,  they  shall  have  a  building  of  their  own,  adapted  to  their  large 
and  varied  work.  Strong  encouragement  has  been  given  for  the  erec- 
tion of  such  a  building,  the  cost  of  which  will  probably  exceed  $50,000. 


DISTANCE    TABLE.  59 


DISTANCES  BETWEEN  NORWICH  AND  IMPORTANT  RAILROAD  CENTRES. 


Norwich  from  Boston,         .....         95  miies. 

"  "  Worcester,  ....  59      " 

"  ''  Springfield,  ....         67       " 

"  "  Hartford,  ....  48       " 

"  New  Haven,  6^y^  " 

"  "  Bridgeport,  .         .         .         .  81       " 

"  "  Williraantic,  17       " 

"  "  Palmer,  52       " 


Putnam, 


33 


Waterbury,       .  81       '" 

Middletown,         ....  47       " 

Providence,      .         .  5 '  /2  " 

Meriden,      .....  66      " 

New  Britain,    ....  58      " 

Norwalk,      .....  95       " 

New  London,                             .  133/3  " 

New  York, 136^2  " 

Albany,    .....  280      " 

Buffalo,         •         •          ■         .         •  559      " 

Cleveland,  7'7       " 

Cincinnati,             ...  744 

Chicago,  .          .  10  :;4       ■■ 

Philadelphia,  •2-4/'2  " 

Baltimore,  t,2t, 

Washington,         .                   .  ,^').^ 

Pittsburg,          .  5^7       " 


6o  THI-:    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


EDUCATIONAL    FACILITIES    OF    NORWICH 


To  those  who  are  seeking  a  change  of  residence,  in  order  that  their 
children  may  have  the  advantages  of  schools  of  the  highest  order  and 
excellence,  no  place  in  the  country  offers  greater  inducements  than 
Norwich.  From  an  early  date  the  subject  of  education  has  been  of 
great  interest  to  its  citizens,  and  this  interest  has  increased  from  year  to 
year,  until  it  has  developed  a  high  grade  of  schools,  and  a  school  sys- 
tem that  has  but  few,  if  any  equals  in  the  country.  In  1850,  or  there- 
abouts, the  change  was  made  from  the  old  school  system  to  graded 
schools.  The  change  was  not  all  made  in  a  year,  or  five  years,  but  the 
work,  backed  up  by  those  who  had  the  future  interests  of  Norwich  at 
heart,  was  gradual,  until  every  district  had  new  and  beautiful  school 
buildings,  with  graded  schools  of  the  highest  order. 

The  Central  District  has  five  handsome  school  buildings,  with  graded 
schools  of  which  the  Broadway  School  may  be  considered  the  high,  or 
grammar  school. 

The  West  Chelsea  District  has  four  school  buildings,  all  of  which  are 
graded. 

The  Norwich  Town,  Falls  and  Greeneville  Districts  have  each  a  com- 
modious school  building,  with  graded  schools. 

In  addition  to  these,  there  are  ten  school  buildings  in  districts  of  the 
town  outside  of  those  above  mentioned,  making  in  all  twenty-two  school 
buildings  in  Norwich,  all  of  which  are  handsomely  built,  and  with  am- 
ple room  for  the  scholars,  which  are  increasing  in  numbers  from  year  to 
year.  The  Broadway  school-house,  together  with  the  new  addition  re- 
cently built,  which  is  of  equal  size  of  the  original  building,  cost  over 
$60,000. 

The  enumeration  of  scholars  in  town  between  the  ages  of  four  and 
sixteen  years  numbers  2,515  ;  and  the  apportionment  of  public  money 
to  the  several  school  districts  for  the  support  of  the  public  schools  for 
the  year  ending  August  31st,  1887,  was  $25,872.38. 


EDUCATIONAL    FACILITIES. 


6i 


BROADWAY   SCHOOL-HOUSE— CENTRAL   DISTRICT. 


()2  THK    CrrV    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 


THE    NORWICH    FREE    ACADEMY. 

Which  is  the  crowning  apex  of  our  school  system,  was  dedicated  in 
1 856.  For  this  noble  institution,  Norwich  is  chiefly  indebted  to  the  long 
and  persevering  efforts  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  P.  Gulliver,  who  first  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  establishing  an  endowed  school  of  this  class,  and  who 
secured  the  co-operation  and  generous  contributions  of  many  of  our 
wealthy  and  most  benevolent  citizens  in  carrying  out  the  project.  Funds 
sufficient  to  erect  the  present  handsome  and  commodious  building,  and 
endow  it  with  a  fund  sufficient  to  employ  an  able  corps  of  teachers 
were  at  last  realized,  and  very  soon  the  much-talked  of  Academy,  which 
was  to  be  free  to  the  rich  and  poor  alike,  became  a  reality.  What  its 
success  as  an  educator  has  been  during  the  last  thirty  odd  years  is  ap- 
parent from  the  high  stand  its  many  graduates  have  attained  in  the  sev- 
eral professions,  mercantile  pursuits  and  the  various  walks  of  life. 

During  the  past  year  (1887)  the  scholars  attending  the  academy — 
boys  and  girls — numbered  253,  all  of  whom,  with  the  few  exceptions  of 
those  living  outside  of  the  town,  worked  their  way  up  from  the  primary 
to  the  senior  departments  of  the  graded  schools  of  Norwich.  All  those 
who  wish  to  enjoy  the  privileges  of  the  academy  are  obliged  to  pass 
rigid  examinations  in  arithmetic,  geography,  history,  English  grammar 
and  spelling  before  they  can  enter.  The  time  for  completing  an 
academic  course,  and  before  the  scholar  can  graduate  and  receive  his 
diploma,  is  four  years. 

There  are  two  courses  of  study  :  the  classical  course,  which  gives  a 
thorough  preparation  for  college  ;  and  the  general  course,  which  pre- 
pares for  practical  life,  or  for  scientific  and  technical  schools.  At  the  com- 
mencement of  the  second  middle  year,  scholars  choose  between  the  two 
courses,  and  are  assigned  to  the  course  they  prefer. 

It  was  at  first  designed  by  the  trustees  of  the  institution  that  none  but 
those  living  in  the  limits  of  Norwich  should  be  admitted  to  the  acade- 
my, but  as  the  school  gained  in  excellence  and  reputation,  the  requests 
of  scholars  from  outside  the  borders  for  admittance  became  so  frequent 
and  pressing,  that  it  was  at  last  decided  to  discard  the  rule  originally 
adhered  to,  and  allow  scholars  from  the  neighboring  towns,  or  elsewhere, 
the  same  privilege  as  those  living  in  town.  To  these  non-resident  pu- 
pils a  tuition  fee  of  $10  a  term  of  three  terms  a  year  is  charged,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  $5  for  incidentals. 


EDUCATIONAL    FACILITIES. 


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NORWICH   KREE   ACADEMY 


EDUCATIONAL    FACILITIES.  65 

No  scholars  of  the  academy  have  more  distinguished  themselves,  or 
brought  greater  honor  to  the  school,  than  the  many  representatives  from 
the  country  towns  of  Eastern  Connecticut.  A  warm  invitation  is  ex- 
tended to  all  young  men  and  women  of  this  class  who  desire  to  enjoy 
the  advantages  of  the  academy,  especially  to  such  as  contemplate  a 
college  course,  to  correspond  with  the  principal.  Dr.  Keep,  with  refer- 
ence to  entrance  into  the  academy.  The  school,  at  present,  contains 
no  boarding  house  of  its  own,  l)ut  good  board  may  be  obtained,  at  low 
rates,  in  excellent  families  residing  not  far  distant  from  the  school. 
Most  of  the  scholars  who  come  from  out  of  town,  and  there  are  forty 
at  present,  remain  in  Norwich  only  from  Monday  morning  to  Friday 
afternoon,  and  pay  for  board  for  only  four-and-a-half  days.  In  some 
cases,  out-of-town  scholars  club  together,  and  board  themselves,  thus 
making  their  term  expenses  very  light. 

The  productive  funds,  whose  income  supports  the  academy,  amount 
to  $153,056.00.  In  addition  to  this,  the  several  funds  for  scholarship, 
the  Peck  Library  fund,  the  cost  of  the  building  and  grounds,  furniture 
and  philosophical  apparatus,  swells  the  amount  contributed  to  the  ])er- 
nianent  support  of  the  academy  about  $240,000.00  since  its  incorpora- 
tion in  1854.  The  beautiful  memorial  building,  presented  the  trustees 
of  the  academy  by  Wm.  A.  Slater,  for  educational  purposes  in  connec- 
tion with  that  institution,  cost  $160,000.00,  which  makes  the  total  as- 
sets of  the  academy  amount  to  $400,000.00. 


THE    SLATER    MEMORIAL    BUILDING. 

Norwich  may  well  feel  proud  of  the  large  and  elegant  building  re- 
cently conipleted  and  i)resented  to  the  trustees  of  the  Free  Academy 
by  William  A.  Slater,  in  memory  of  his  father.  It  is  150  feet  long  bv 
68  feet  wide,  and  has  a  round  tower  on  the  front  rising  to  the  height  of 
145  feet.  The  structure  is  of  dark  red  brick  and  brown  sand-stone, 
resting  upon  a  base  of  Monson  granite.  The  whole  of  the  interior  is 
faced  with  pressed  brick  and  terra-cotta,  and  the  wainscotings  through- 
out are  of  polished  gray  marble,  which  give  a  rich  and  pleasant  effect. 
The  first  floor  contains  a  large,  spacious  hall  designed  to  be  used  by  the 
scholars  of  the  PVee  Academy  for  graduating  exercises,  and  also,  for 
lectures,  concerts,  amateur  theatricals,  etc.  In  the  rear  are  two  small 
halls,  separated  from  the  main  hall  with  sliding  glass  partitions,  which 
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66  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

can  be  tl-.rown  open,  making  one  grand  hall  capable  of  holding  i,ioo 
peo])le.  The  lart-e  s|)ace  over  the  main  hall,  comprising  the  two  upper 
stories,  is  to  be  devoted  to  a  museum,  which  is  designed  to  be  one  of 
the  finest,  as  well  as  one  of  the  largest  in  New  England.  It  is  47  feet 
high,  and  its  four  sides  are  encircled  by  an  i8-feet  gallery.  The  mu- 
seum will  soon  be  stored  with  rare  and  interesting  treasures  of  art, 
gathered  from  the  old  world.  Through  Mr.  Slater's  generosity,  an  agent 
is  now  abroad  purchasing  replicas  of  art,  and  also,  plaster-cast  repro- 
ductions of  the  master-pieces  of  the  great  Roman,  Greek  and  Italian 
sculptors. 

A  portion  of  the  second  and  third  stories  west  of  the  large  museum 
hall  is  occupied  by  the  Peck  Library,  and  two  large  and  commodious 
rooms  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  Free  Academy  for  classes  in 
drawing,  painting,  etc.  The  Peck  Library  room  deserves  a  more  than 
passing  notice.  It  is  large  and  spacious,  with  lofty  arched  ceilings  of 
polished  cherry,  with  book-cases,  tables,  chairs,  etc.,  made  of  the  same 
wood.  A  goodly  space  of  one  end  of  the  room  is  occupied  by  a  large 
and  beautiful  terra-cotta  fire-place  and  mantel,  built  after  the  style  of 
"  y'  olden  time,"  and  such  as  will  be  found  in  the  baronial  castles  of 
the  old  world. 

In  the  vestibule  of  the  main  entrance  of  the  memorial  building  is  an 
elegant  bronze  tablet,  about  five  feet  high  and  three  feet  wide,  bordered 
with  a  laurel  wreath,  on  which  is  the  following  inscription  : 

^l)is  Bttilbing, 

DEDICATED  TO  THE  EDUCATION  OF  THE  YOUNG, 

AND  COMMEMORATIVE  OF  JOHN  F.  SLATER, 

IS  ERECTED  BY   HIS  SON, 

lUiH.  a,   scales li, 

AND  BY  HIM  PRESENTED  TO  THE 

NORWICH  FREE  ACADEMY, 

IN  GRATEFUL  RECOGNITION 

OF  ADVANTAGES  THERE  ENJOYED. 


RAILROADS.  67 


RAILROADS. 


Norwich  has  two  railroads,  the  Norwich  &  Worcester  and  the  New 
London  Northern.  The  former,  of  which  Norwich  is  the  southern  ter- 
minus, is  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  first  two  or  three  railroads  that  were 
built  in  this  country,  having  been  chartered  as  long  ago  as  1832.  Since 
its  completion,  no  road  in  the  country  has  been  more  ably  or  carefully 
managed,  or  more  free  from  accidents  or  mishaps  arising  from  negli- 
gence, or  incompetency.  This  road  was  leased  to  the  Boston,  Hartford 
and  Erie  R.  R.  Co.  in  1869,  and  the  lease  assumed  by  its  successor,  the 
New  York  and  New  England  R.  R.  Co.,  in  1SS5. 

Between  Norwich  and  Worcester,  there  are  five  regular  trains  that  run 
daily  each  way,  Sundays  excepted.  The  steamboat  trains  that  leave 
Norwich  at  4:45  a.  m.,  with  passengers  from  the  New  York  steamers 
that  land  at  New  London,  connect  at  Putnam  with  trains  for  Boston, 
and  the  trains  that  leave  Worcester  at  7:40  p.  M.,  and  from  Boston  at 
6:30  p.  M.  with  passengers  for  New  York  and  way  stations,  also  connect 
at  Putnam. 

The  New  London  Northern  railroad,  which  passes  through  Norwich, 
runs  seven  daily  trains,  Sundays  excepted,  between  different  points  on 
the  road.  Its  northern  terminus  is  Braltleboro,  Vermont.  Connections 
are  made  at  Willimantic  for  Hartford,  Middletown  and  New  York,  and 
at  Palmer  with  the  Boston  &  Albany  and  Ware  River  roads,  for  all 
points  west  and  north.  A  late  daily  train  from  Brattleboro  connects  at 
New  London  with  the  Norwich  line  of  steamers  for  New  York,  every 
evening,  Sundays  excepted. 


68 


THK    CM'^■    OI'     NORWICH,    CONN. 


WATER    FACILITIKS.  69 


STEAMERS    FOR    NEW    YORK. 


THE    "NORWICH   l.INE." 

The  "  Norwich  Line"  of  steamers  for  New  York  is  one  of  the  old- 
est, safest  and  most  popular  routes  that  connect  the  great  metropolis 
with  New  England.  It  is  a  daily  passenger  and  freight  line,  and  is  con- 
trolled and  operated  by  the  New  York  and  New  England  Railroad,  the 
connections  with  which  bring  passengers  from  Boston  and  Worcester 
and  intermediate  points,  and  from  the  Boston  &  Albany,  Worcester  & 
Nashua,  and  New  London  Northern  railroads.  The  line  consists  of 
five  large,  iron  steamers,  namely:  the  "  City  of  Worcester,"  "City  of 
New  York,"  "  City  of  Boston,"  "  City  of  Lawrence,"  and  "  City  of 
Norwich."  The  first  three  land  and  receive  passengers  at  New  London, 
and  the  two  latter,  the  "  ("ity  of  Lawrence,"  and  "  City  of  Norwich," 
which  carry  freight  ])rincipally,  make  Norwich  their  terminus  on  this 
end  of  the  line.  The  "  City  of  Worcester,"  which  has  recently  been 
built,  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  elegant  steamers  that  plough  the 
waters  of  the  Sound.  She  is  340  feet  long,  80  feet  wide,  and  is  built 
for  strength,  as  well  as  elegance. 

Persons  traveling  by  th.e  "  Norwich  Line  "  arrive  at  Pier  40,  North 
River,  at  an  early  hour  in  the  morning,  in  time  to  take  all  the  early 
trains  South  and  West  by  crossing  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Ferry, 
whose  pier  joins  that  of  the  "  Norwich  Line."  The  Norwich  steamers 
leave  New  York  daily,  Sundays  excepted,  at  5  p.  m.  in  the  summer,  and 
4:30  p.  M.  in  the  winter. 

In  addition  to  the  above  steamers,  there  is  a  propeller  line  for  carry- 
ing freight,  that  makes  regular  trips  between  Norwich  and  New  York. 

During  tlie  summer  season,  two  lines  of  steamers  run  daily  between 
Norwich  and  the  summer  resorts  on  Long  Island  Sound.  Persons  leav- 
ing Norwich  in  the  morning  by  one  of  these  steamers  "can  spend  the 
day,  or  a  good  share  of  it,  at  either  Watch  Hill,  Block  Island,  Mystic 
Island,  Fort  Griswold  or  Pequot  House,  and  return  to  their  homes  by 
six  or  seven  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 


-JO  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

THE    CITY    HALL. 


This  building,  which  was  erected  fifteen  years  ago,  is  one  of  the  hand- 
somest public  edifices  in  the  state,  and  of  which  the  citizens  are  justly 
proud.  It  is  built  of  Philadelphia  pressed  brick  of  the  finest  quality, 
with  basement,  lintels,  window  trimmings,  etc.,  of  faced  granite.  In 
addition  to  the  city  offices,  which  comprise  the  Council  Chamber,  May- 
or's office,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department's  office,  City  Water 
Works,  City  Collector's  and  Treasurer's  offices,  are  the  Superior  Court 
rooms,  the  Police  Court  rooms,  the  Town  Hall  for  public  meetings,  the 
Judge  of  Probate,  Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer's  offices,  Selectmen's 
rooms  and  Police  Head-quarters  with  twenty  cells  for  criminals  and  of- 
fenders, offices  for  the  Clerk  of  Courts  New  London  County,  and  the 
County  Commissioners.  The  building  cost  $360,000,  and  is  an  orna- 
ment to  the  city. 


POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 


Norwich  is  well  protected  by  its  police  force,  which  consists  of 
eighteen  efficient  men,  including  its  staff  officers.  In  addition  to  this 
number,  there  are  six  special  policemen,  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Common  Council,  to  act  in  case  of  emergency.  Within  a  short  time 
three  signal  boxes:  one  on  the  corner  of  Franklin  Square  and  Franklin 
Street ;  one  at  the  West  Side,  corner  of  Thames  and  West  Main  Streets  ; 
and  one  at  Greeneville,  have  been  connected  with  police  head-quarters, 
and  give  good  satisfaction.  By  the  telephone  communication  connected 
with  these  signal  boxes,  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  head-quarters  can 
communicate  with  patrolmen  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  day  or  night, 
at  a  moment's  notice.  It  also  enables  patrolmen  to  send  electric  calls 
for  help  whenever  occasion  requires.  The  scarcity  of  buri^laries,  street 
brawls  and  thieving  attest  the  efficiency  of  this  department.  Its  cost  to 
the  city  is  about  $17,000  per  annum. 


llkK    DKl'AKTMKNT    AND    I.KiHTS.  72 

FIRE     DEPARTMENT. 


The  city  has  three  steam  fire  engines,  two  hook  and  ladder  compa- 
nies, seven  hose  companies  and  nine  engine  houses.  Twenty-three  fire 
alarm  boxes  are  located  so  as  to  be  convenient  to  residents  in  all  parts 
of  the  city.  'J"he  department  has  300  officers  and  men,  240  of  whom  are 
under  pay  for  their  services.  Six  thousand  feel  of  hose  are  kept  con- 
stantly on  hand  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  steam  fire  engines 
and  the  287  fire  hydrants  that  are  located  at  available  points  through- 
out the  city.  As  has  been  stated  on  another  page,  these  hydrants  are 
fed  from  the  city  reservoir,  and  have  a  pressure  that  throws  a  stream 
over  the  highest  buildings,  thus  almost  effectually  protecting  the  city 
against  a  fire  of  any  magnitude.  The  very  few  fires  that  ha\e  occurred 
during  the  last  several  years,  and  the  small  loss  that  has  resulted  from 
the  same,  attest  the  thorough  and  skillfid  manner  in  which  fires  are 
handled  by  the  department  and  ils  efficient  chief.  The  latter  po])ular 
officer  makes  it  his  business  to  vis^it  and  personally  inspect  at  intervals 
during  the  year  all  of  the  manufactories  and  buildings  throughout  the 
city  to  see  that  they  are  guarded  from  fires,  either  by  accident,  or  from 
the  im]:)roper  construction  of  cliimneys,  Hues  and  smoke  pipes.  The 
chief  of  the  Boston  fire  department,  who  makes  a  sjiecialty  of  record- 
ing all  the  fires,  and  their  origin,  throughout  the  country,  recently  stated 
that  Norwich,  according  to  its  size,  suffered  the  least  from  fires  and  the 
loss  attending  the  same  of  any  city  in  New  England.  The  cost  of  the 
fire  department  to  the  city  the  past  year  was  a   trifle  less  than  $10,000. 


LIGHTS. 


Norwich  is  well  provided  with  light,  both  from  gas  and  electricity. 
The  use  of  gas,  of  course,  predominates,  and  is  supplied  at  reasonable 
rates.  There  are  fifteen  miles  of  gas  pipes,  which  are  not  only  laid  in 
all  the  streets  of  the  city,  but  extend  out  into  the  suburban  villages. 
I'he  electric  light,  which  is  supplied  from  the  Thomson-Houston  system, 
has  lately  been  introduced  into  the  city,  and  lights  many  of  the  business 
streets  and  principal  stores.  The  gas  comjjany  have  a  capital  stock  of 
$125,000,  and  the  electric  liglit  comi)any  of  $25,000. 


'S^-b.v'^vSL' 


AS    A    PLACE    OF    RESIDENCK.  73- 


NORWICH  AS  A  PLACE  OF  RESIDENCE. 


So  much  of  our  space  has  been  devoted  to  statistical  information  of 
the  manufacturing  and  business  interests  of  our  city,  it  may  be  inferred 
by  many  wlio  are  strangers  to  the  place  that  Norwich,  like  many  man- 
ufacturing centres  in  New  England,  is  not  desirable  as  a  place  of  resi- 
dence. But  such  is  not  the  fact.  Probably  no  citv  in  New  England  is 
more  picturesquely  situated,  or  more  attractive  in  its  varied  beauties, 
than  this  same  Norwich.  Lying  between  sheltering  hills,  watered  by  the 
Thames,  Shetucket,  Yanticand  Quinnebaug rivers,  shaded  from  the  heat 
of  summer  by  lordly  elms,  oaks  and  maples,  it  excites  the  admiration 
and  delight  of  all  visitors,  and  has  gained  for  itself  the  notoriety  of  be- 
ing the  most  charming  city  in  New  England.  It  is  the  city  and  country 
combined.  Stroll  through  Washington  Street  and  Broadway,  and  view 
the  beautiful  private  residences  on  either  side  of  those  charming  thor- 
oughfares. Where  is  their  e(iu3l  in  outward  elegance,  or  picturesijue 
surroundings  ?  Rest,  for  a  moment  in  your  stroll,  at  Williams  Park,  the 
plaza  of  the  city,  encircled,  as  it  is,  by  fine  elms  and  more  of  the  beau- 
tiful residences  which  have  made  Norwich  famous.  A  short  distance 
to  the  east  is  a  background  of  wooded  hills  ;  and  to  the  west,  an  oi)en, 
undulating  country,  with  vistas  of  forests,  farm  houses  and  streams  of 
flowing  water.  Near  by,  and  facing  the  park,  is  the  handsome  Slater 
Memorial  building,  the  Free  Academy  and  Park  Church,  which  have 
been  elsewhere  mentioned.  From  the  upper  end  of  the  Park,  and  near 
the  fine  Soldier's  Monument,  take  the  street  that  leads  to  Norwich 
Town,  a  mile  or  more  distant,  which  was  the  original  settlement  long 
before  there  was  a  building  where  the  city  now  stands.  Here,  perched 
upon  a  high,  rocky  cliff  in  the  rear  of  the  present  church  edifice,  the  first 
church  was  built  by  the  early  settlers — built  high,  and  almost  inaccessi- 
ble, with  a  stockade  around  it  to  jirotcct  the  building  and  tlie  worship- 
ers from  the  sudden  onslaughts  of  the  wily  savages.  It  required  a  good 
amount  of  courage  to  attend  church  in  those  days,  for  there  was  likely 
to  be  danger  lurking  behind  every   rock  and   forest   tree.       The  brave 


74  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 

church-goers  reHgiously  carried  their  rifles  with  them,  and  during  divine 
service  armed  sentinels  were  stationed  outside  to  guard  against  sudden 
attacks. 

In  this  old  town  lived  the  Huntingtons,  the  Hydes,  the  Fitches,  the 
Clevelands,  the  Masons,  the  Tracys,  and  scores  of  others  of  honored 
memories,  whose  ashes  have  long  since  mingled  with  the  dust.  Near 
the  village  green  Mrs.  Sigourney  grew  up  from  childhood  amid  the  ro- 
mantic scenery,  the  beauty  of  which  she  afterwards  loved  so  dearly  to 
recount  in  verse  and  prose.  Times  have  changed  wonderfully  since 
those  days  ;  the  public  buildings  have  either  been  torn  down,  or  chang- 
ed into  modern  dwelling  houses  ;  and  with  the  exception  of  some  very 
old  gabled-roof  shops,  there  is  little  to  remind  one  of  the  past.  Stand- 
ing upon  the  high  rocks  in  the  rear  of  the  church,  on  a  pleasant  sum- 
mer afternoon,  one  could  imagine  himself  surveying  the  happy  valley 
of  Rasselas,  so  dreamy  is  the  prevailing  quietness,  so  gentle  and  noise- 
less the  flow  of  the  shining  river  as  it  winds  and  curves  through  the 
green  meadows  below. 

Returning  to  Williams  Park  by  the  northerly  street,  you  pass  the 
grand  old  mansion,  once  the  residence  of  Gen.  Jedediah  Huntington  a 
century  ago,  and  where  he  entertained  Washington  in  the  dark  days  of 
the  revolution.  Eastward  of  this,  at  the  turn  of  the  street  southward, 
is  a  plain,  unpretentious  house,  the  birthplace  of  Lydia  H.  Sigourney, 
and  where  she  passed  her  childhood  days.  A  mile  or  more  south  of  this 
is  pointed  out  the  spot  on  which  the  house  stood  where  Benedict 
Arnold  was  born,  and  passed  his  younger  days.  The  house  was  demol- 
ished many  years  ago,  and  nothing  remains  to  remind  one  of  this  famous 
character — famous  as  a  soldier,  as  well  as  a  traitor, — but  the  old  well 
and  the  curb  that  encloses  it. 

Arriving  once  more  at  Williams  Park,  turn  down  Sachem  Street,  you 
come  to  a  place  of  great  historical,  as  well  as  local  interest,  the  grave  of 
Uncas.  The  last  resting  place  of  this  warrior  and  chief  of  the  Mohe- 
gan  tribe  is  romantically  situated  in  a  small  grove  by  the  wayside,  and 
is  surrounded  by  the  graves  of  many  of  his  red  descendants.  A  plain, 
granite  shaft,  bearing  the  simple  name  UNCAS  on  the  base,  covers  the 
ashes  of  him  who  was  a  monarch  with  his  tribe,  and  whose  autiiority 
extended  over  the  country  far  and  near.  The  corner-stone  of  the  mon- 
ument was  laid  by  President  Jackson,  in  1833  ;  but  the  monument  was 
not  raised  until  1842,  when  the  ladies  of  Norwich  completed  the  work 


AS    A    PLACE    OF    RESIDENCE.  75 

which  had  remained  so  long  unfinished.  Further  down  the  street  is  a 
pretty,  rural  cottage:  which  will  long  be  known  and  pointed  out  as  hav- 
ing once  been  the  home  of  Donald  G.  Mitchell,  and  where,  under  the 
nom  de pliane  of  "  Ik  Marvel,"  he  wrote  two  of  his  best  works — Rever- 
ies of  a  Bachelor,  and  Dream  Life. 

Still  further  west,  taking  either  of  the  two  short  streets  which  lead  in 
a  southerly  direction,  you  come  to  the  Falls  Village,  which  derives  its 
name  from  what  was  once  a  romantic  cascade,  formed  by  the  waters  of 
the  Yantic  wildly  plunging  through  a  narrow,  rocky  channel  from  a 
height  of  about  forty  feet.  In  years  gone  by,  '"  The  Falls  "  was  a  famous 
resort  for  all  strangers  visiting  the  city,  thousands  being  attracted  to  it 
by  the  wildness  of  the  scenery,  the  rushing,  roaring  waters  covered  with 
white  foam,  together  with  the  old  legends  connected  with  the  locality, 
especially  that  of  a  band  of  Indians  while  being  pursued  by  their  ene- 
mies, jumping  from  the  overhanging  precipices  into  the  boiling,  seeth- 
ing waters  below — a  doubtful  legend,  to  be  sure,  of  Indian  history,  but 
of  sufficient  plausibility  to  give  the  place  a  weird  and  romantic  interest. 
But  what  was  known  as  "  The  Falls  "  of  former  days  exists  no  longer 
in  its  original  beauty  and  wildness,  except  it  may  be  at  times  in  the 
winter  or  spring,  when  the  heavy  rains  and  melting  snows  bring  down 
vast  bodies  of  water  that  come  "  tumbling  and  rumbling,  and  pouring 
and  roaring  like  the  waters  of  Lodore."  The  waters  that  once  through 
all  months  of  the  year  rushed  madly  down  the  rocky  cascade,  have 
been,  in  part,  diverted  through  artificial  channels  to  the  great  mills  be- 
low, where  they  waste  their  strength  in  driving  acres  of  machinery.  The 
old  rustic  wooden  bridge  which  spanned  for  so  many  years  the  roaring 
waterfall,  and  from  which  so  many  youths  and  lovers  by  moonlight  and 
starlight  have  gazed  upon  the  foaming  waters  beneath,  has  been  re- 
moved by  ruthless  hands,  and  there  is  but  little  that  now  remains  to 
connect  the  romances  of  the  past  with  the  business  realities  of  the 
present. 

Among  the  many  beautiful  drives  and  walks  in  and  about  Norwich, 
let  the  stranger  not  fail  to  visit  Laurel  Hill.  Cross  the  fine  iron  bridge 
over  the  Shetucket  from  the  eastern  terminus  of  Water  Street,  and  take 
the  road  that  borders,  and  in  many  places  nearly  overhangs  the  river, 
for  two  or  three  miles,  in  the  direction  of  Poquelannoc.  No  view  on 
the  Hudson  is  more  romantic  or  charming.  As  you  pass  over  Laurel 
Hill,  its  streets  bordered  by  elegant  houses,  and  surrounded  by  tasteful 


76  THE    CITY    OF    NORWICH,    CONN.,    AS    A    PLACE    OF    RESIDENCE, 

and  well-kept  lawns,  a  beautiful  panorama  presents  itself.  Far  below 
you  the  river  Thames  stretches  its  blue  waters  lazily  towards  Long  Isl- 
and Sound,  while  nearly  beneath  your  feet,  as  it  were,  and  within  stone's 
throw,  lies  the  business  part  of  the  city.  It  was  but  a  few  years  ago 
that  Laurel  Hill  was  a  wild  tract  of  hilly,  mountainous  land,  covered 
with  laurels,  rocks,  wild  cedars  and  brush  ;  a  crooked  cart  path  leading 
over  it,  and  scarcely  an  indication  that  it  was  ever  under  cultivation,  or 
even  inhabited,  if  we  may  except  a  very  old  wooden  farm  house  that 
still  stands  in  the  background  of  the  main  avenue  as  a  relict  of  the  past. 
Within  a  few  years,  this  pleasant  suburb  has  been  constantly  and  largely 
increasing,  and  promises  eventually  to  rival  in  importance  the  older  por- 
tion of  the  city  as  a  place  of  residence. 

Let  the  stranger,  while  in  Norwich,  be  sure  to  visit  Taftville,  and  see 
the  mammoth  Ponemah  Mills,  which  have  been  mentioned  in  a  previous 
part  of  this  book.  The  short  journey  will  well  repay  the  trouble.  It 
is  a  pleasant  drive  to  pass  through  the  manufacturing  suburb  of  Greene - 
ville,  with  its  long  array  of  mills  and  store-houses  that  line  the  river's 
banks.  About  a  mile  above,  he  comes  to  Sachem's  Plain.  Pause  here 
a  moment.  In  the  open  field  yonder,  on  slightly  elevated  ground,  is  a 
square  block  of  granite,  on  the  base  of  which  is  carved  the  name  of 
MIANTONOMOH,  placed  there  to  mark  the  spot  where  this  celebrated 
Indian  chief  was  slain  by  his  bitter  enemy,  Uncas.  A  mile  further,  he 
comes  to  Taftville,  and  the  enormous  mill  springs  up  before  him  as  if  by 
magic,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  end  to  the  vast  pile  of  bright  red  brick 
and  countless  windows  that  reach  into  the  far  distance,  like  giant's  cas- 
tles in  childhood's  dreams.  If  there  is  time,  go  inside  the  mill,  and 
take  a  glance  at  the  acres  and  acres  of  moving  machinery,  and  hear  the 
hum,  the  whirr,  and  the  rattle  of  wheels,  and  looms,  and  cards,  and  the 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  spindles,  operated  by  fifteen 
hundred  men,  women  and  children. 

Returning  to  the  city,  take  the  road  to  the  left,  and  pass  over  Plain 
Hill  and  VVawecus  Hill,  one  of  the  most  delightful  drives  in  the  state — 
the  high  altitude  enabling  you  to  get  a  magnificent  view  of  the  country 
far  and  near.  Here  you  see  fine  farm  houses  and  farming  lands  border- 
ing the  highways,  villages  here  and  there  nestling  among  the  forest  cov- 
ered hills  ;  and  occasionally  you  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  river  Thames  as 
it  flows  southward,  and  empties  its  waters  into  Long  Island  Sound. 


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WAUREGAN    HOTEL,    NORWICH,    CONN, 


NORWICH,  CONN., 


BUSINESS  DIRECTORY 


AND 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


78 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


NORWICH  SAVINGS  SOCIETY, 

24    SHETUCKEX    STREKX, 

Incorporated  May,  1824. 


OKKICERS  : 

PRESIDENT, 

FRANKLIN  NICHOLS. 
VICE     PRESIDENTS, 

LUCIUS  W.  CARROLL,  JOHN  A.   MORGAN, 

AMOS  W.   PRENTICE,  JOHN  BREWSTER. 


DIRECTORS, 

JOHN  MITCHELL, 

LUCIUh 

BROWN,             GEORGE 

R.   HYDE, 

HEZEKIAH 

F.   RUDD, 

BE  LA  P 

LEARNED,        ASA 

BACKUS, 

HENRY 

LARRABEE, 

■ 

SECRE 

FRANK 

JOHNSON.           SID^ 

4EY 

TURNER. 

TARY     AND     TREASURER, 

COSTELLO  LIPPITT. 

ATTORNEY, 

JEREMIAH  HALSEY. 

Amount 

of 

Deposits  January  ist, 

1835,          - 

$     147,161.00 

1845.      . 

1855,            .           . 
1865,       . 

264,305-00 
1,883,195.00 
4,202,191.00 

«<                                  t 

1875, 

1876,       .           .           . 

T878, 

1879, 
1880, 
1881,       . 
1882, 
1883,       . 
1884, 

7,492,306.00 
7,750,466.00 
7,717,134.00 
7,382,768.00 
7,438,55900 
7,552,799-00 
7,601,738.00 
7,801,362.00 
7,928,571.00 

(> 

t(                                  t 

1885,       . 

8,088,825.00 

(( 

(1                                  i 

1886, 

8,003,550.00 

(< 

it                                  ( 

1887,       . 

8,279,529.00 

<( 

li                                  t 

1888, 

8,472,150.36 

Balance  to  credit  of  Surplus  and  Profit  and  Loss,  Jan.  1, 1888,  $401,959.44. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRFCTORY.  79 

THE  mmU  SAVIMS  BANK, 

NORWICH,     COXX. 

Incorporafifl   /.VJ.V. 

Deposits,  March  1st,  1  888,  $3,967,674. 1  6 


DIVIDKN^lJS,    MyVRCH    AND    SKPXKMBKR- 

Deposits  made  ihe  first  business  clay  of  any  month  will  draw  interest  from  that  date  ; 
all  other  deposits  will  draw  interest  from  the  first  day  of  the  next  succeeding  month. 


OKKICEKS  : 

President,  LORENZO  BLACKSTONE. 

Vice  Presidents  :    HENRY  BILL,    JOHN  T.  WAIT,    JAMES  A.  HOVEY. 

Directors : 

JOHN  P.   BARSTOW,  O.  J.  LAMB,  OLIVER  P.  AVERY, 

EDWARD  HAKLAND,  GEORGE  D.  COIT.  HKNRY  H.  GALLUP, 

DAVID  A.  BILLINGS,  W.  N.  BLACKSTONE,      WM.  A.  SLATER. 

Counsel,  JEREMIAH  H.\LSEY.  Attorneys,  THAYER  &  THAYER. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  GEORGE  D.  COIT. 

Assistant  Treasurer,  CHARLES  B.  CHAP.M.A.N. 

Bank  Hours — From  lo  a.  m.  to  i  p.  m.,  and  from  2  to  3  p.  M.,  except  Saturday. 
Closed  Srturday  Afternoon. 

TheDimeSavingsBank 

OF    NORWICH,    CONN. 
Organized  September,  ISdit. 

Deposits,  March  1  st,  1  888,  $  1 ,350,833.69 


Amounts  received  from  Ten  Cents  to  One   Thousand    Dollars.     All    deposits 
are  placed  on  interest  the  first  of  every  month. 


OKKICERS  : 

President,  EDWARD  R.  THOMPSON. 
Vice  Presidents  :     HUGH  H.  OSGOOD,     WILLIS  R.  AUSTIN. 

Directors  : 

WM.  C.  OSGOOD,  W.  R.   BURNHAM,  GARDINER  GREENE,  JR. 

F.J    LFAVENS,  J.  HUNT  SMITH,  GEORGE   C.   RAV.MOND, 

C.  D.  BROWNING.  E.  G.   BIDWELL,  I.  W.  CARPENTER, 

NICHOLAS  TARRANT. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  J.  HUNT  SMITH. 

Assistant  Treasurer,  FRANK  L.  WOODARD. 

Attorney,   GARDINER  GREENE,  JR. 


8o  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


Thames  National  Bank 

16    SHETUCKET    STREET. 
Uoitecl     States    Depository. 


INCORPORATED     1825. 


Capital  Stock,  -$1,000,000.00 


OKKICKRS: 

PRESIDENT. 

FRANKLIN   NICHOLS. 

CASHIER. 

EDWARD  N.  GIBBS. 

DIRECTORS. 

FRANKLIN  NICHOLS,  JOHN  MITCHELL, 

ALFRED  A.  YOUNG,  CHARLES  BARD, 

JAMES  L.   HUBBARD,  THOMAS  D.  SAYLES, 

LORENZO   BLACKSTONE,  EDWARD  N.  GIBBS, 

WILLIAM  G.  JOHNSON,  WILLIAM  A.  SLATER, 

HUGH   H.  OSGOOD,  HENRY  H.  GALLUP. 


Discount  Days,  Tuesdays  and  Fridays. 

BANK   HOURS — From  lo  A.  .m.  to  i  p.  .m.,   and  from  2  to  3  r.  M.,  except  Saturday. 
Closed  Saturday  Afternoon. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY.  8l 

First   National    Bank, 

Richards  Buildino-,  87  Main  Street. 
Capital   Stock,  -  -  $500,000 


OFFICERS  : 

Presitleiit,   LUCIUS  W.  CARROLL.  Cashier,  LEWIS  A.  HYUE. 

l>irectors  : 

LUCIUS  W.  CARROLL,  CHARLES  D.  BROWNING, 

JEREMIAH  HALSEY,  ERAXCIS  J.    LEAYENS, 

AMOS  W.   PRENTICE,  CHARLES  H.   KENYON, 

JOHN  A.  MORGAN,  R.  N.  PARISH. 

Discount  Days,  Mondays  and  Thursdays. 

Bank  Hours — From  lo  a.  m.  to  i  r.  m..  and  from  2  to  3  r.   M..  except  Saturday. 
Closed  Saturday  Afternoon. 

SECOND   NATIONAL   BANK. 

CAPITAL,  $800,000.00. 

BOARD     OF     DIKKC'TORS. 

E.   R.  THOMPSON,  W.   R.   BURN" HAM. 

C.   P.  COGSWELL.  LYMAN  GOULD. 

W.   R.  AUSTIN. 


Mercantile  and  Corporate  Accounts  respectfully  solicited. 

Norwich    National   Bank, 

Shetucket,     ccjr.     Altiiii     iStreet, 

IJSrCOR-X'Oie.-A.TEID    1796. 

Capitol    StocU,         =        =        S2J( ),()()(). 


President,  C.  C.  JOHNSON.  Caiililer.  S.  It.  MKKt  H. 


Discount  Days,   Tuesdays    and    Fridays. 

6 


82  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRF.CTORY. 


Uncas  National  Bank, 

42     SlietiieUet     Street. 

Organized  under  the  Free  Banking  Law  of  1853.    Incorporated  Ijy 
General  Act,   1855. 


Capital   Stock,  -  -  $200,000 


OFFICERS  : 

President,  EDWIN  S.  ELY.  Cashier,  CHAS.  M.  TRACY. 

Directors : 

EDWIN  S.  ELY,  GEO.  W.  GOULD. 

JAMES  A.  HOVEY,  NATHL.  B.  WILLIAMS, 

JOHN  T.  WAIT,  ALDEN  A.  BAKER, 

JOSEPH  HUTCHINS,  EDWARD  F.  BURLESON, 

CHAS.  M.  TRACY. 

Discount  Days,  Mondays  and  Thursdays. 

Bank  Hours — From  lo  a.  m.  to  i  p.  m.,  and  from  2  to  3  p.  m..  except  Saturday. 
Closed  Saturday  Afternoon. 

THE  MERCHANTS  NATIONAL  BANK 

71     NIAIN    STRKKX. 

INCORPORATED     1833. 

Capital  stock,     -      $100,000 


OFFICERS  : 

President,  J.  HUNT  SMITH.  Cashier,  CHARLES  H.  PHELPS. 
Directors  : 

WILLIAM  C.  OSGOOD,  WM.  A.  THOMPSON, 

COSTELLO  LIPPITT,  GEORGE  F.  BARD, 

CHARLES  F.  SETCHEL,  JOHN  D.  BREWSTER, 

CALVIN  L.  HARWOOD,  \VM.  H.  FITCH, 

J.  HUNT  SMITH,  CHAS.  H.  PHELPS. 

Discount  Days,  Mondays  and  Tliursdays. 

Bank  Hours — From  10  a.  m.  to  i  p.  m.,  and  from  2  to  3  p.  m..  except  Saturday. 
Closed  Saturday  Afternoon. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTOR V.  9,;^^ 

New  London  County  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company, 

OF  NORWICH,  CONN., 
Office,    Rieliorclt^     1  5i  liklii  ijr,  <^>  1    Mniii    St. 

Surplus,  Jan.  (,  1888,  885,000. 

This  old  and    reliabfc    ('oiHjtttnij    htstirefi    Dtrcllimj    IFoifses, 

Churches,  School -Itoiises  and  their  contents  against  loss 

or  dainaf/e  by  Jire  or  lightninf/    on 

FA  VOltABLE  TERMS. 


DIKKCTORS: 


E.  F.  PARKER,                                  DEN'ISON  P.  COON,  F.  I..  OSGOOD, 

P.  St.  M.  ANDREWS,                       F.  L.  (lARDXF.R,  CHAS.  J.  WINTERS. 

JOHN  A.  MORGAN,                         C.  H.  OSGOOD,  [OHN  L.  BOSWELL, 

J.  F.  WILLIAMS,  IRA  L.   PF.CK. 

.r.  F.  WILI.IAMS,  Sec'y.  IKA   I..  PKCK,  Treas.  K.  F.  PAKKEK,  Prest. 

The  Norwich  MA  Worl(s, 

NICKEL,  COPPER,  BRASS,  SILVER  |  GOLD. 

^^"AJ.h   WORK  aUARAyXEKn  AGAISSr  FLAKISd. 

sr>H:ciA.L'riH:«  : 

Fire    Arms,    Stove    Castings,    Steamboat    and 

Yacint  Trimmings,  Steam  and  Fire 

Engine  Work,  Etc. 


MANlJFACTjrUEliS     OF 

FINEST  METAL  DISPLAY  FIXTURES 

FOR  STORK  WINDOWS  AND  INTERIORS, 

AU^l^lKl)  TO  ALL  XRA.])KS. 

N,  Y-  SALES  ROOMS,  OFFICE  AND  FACTORY. 

702  Broadway,  New  York.  51  Chestnut  St.,  Norwich,  Conn 


84  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


Patented  in  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  France  and  Germany.    • 
MANUFACTURED  BY 

LESTER  &WASLEY, 

NORWICH,  CONN.,  U.  S.  A. 

The  Leader  Machine  will  f/uni^  foldf  count  and 
deliver  in  packages  of  twenty-five^  ready  for  band- 
ing ^  at  the  rate  of  100  envelopes  jyer  minute  on 
Drug  and  Letter  si^e. 

These  Mnvelope  Machines  are  built  in  different 


sizes,  viz :  Drug^  Letter^  No,  ,9,  10,  11,  12  and  14. 
Lstiniates  for  other  sizes,  and  any  other  informa- 
tion  desired,  will  be  cheerfully  given  on  application. 


■  ■cjg> 


XHK^^ 


All  Right  Steam  Heater. 

Nearly  ^1-C^C^  i^^  use,  and  not  one  has  ever 

given  out,  or  cracked  in  use. 

We  are  prepared  to   make  estimates  on  all 

classes  of  Steam  or  Hot  Water  Heating, 

and  guarantee  satisfaction  in  all  cases. 

Circulars  on  application  to 

THE  COMBINATION  CO.,  No.  286  Franklin  Street,  Norwich,  Conn., 

or  to  WM.  H.  PAGE,  Treasurer,  satne  place. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    HUSINESS    DIRF.CTORY. 


J.  B.  Merrow  &  Sons, 


Mv\Ivi£l^i^     ()1- 


The  Merrow  Special  Crochet  Machine 

For  Finishing  the  Edges  of  Knit  Goods,  from  the  flnest  to  the  heaviest, 

Is  rapid,  simple  and  satisfactory. 
18  and  20  White's  Court,         -        Norwich,  Conn. 

Norwich  Lock  Mfg,  Co,, 

MANUFACTURERS     OF 

LOCKS,  KNOBS, 

AND 

Builders'  Harowakh:, 


nsro:R,"VvriGHr,  consrisr. 


EXCLUSIVELY    HAND-CUT    FILES  and  RASPS : 
manuPactured  by 

THE  CHELSEA  FILE  WORKS 
HORSE  RASPS  A  SPECIALTY. 

Patronize  Home  Industry  by  using  the 
"Chelsea"  Files  and   Rasps. 

LYMAN  GOULD,  President-  R.  W,  PERKINS,  Secretary. 

C.    B.    ROGERS  &  CO., 

Makers  of  the  Latest  Improved 

Wood-WorkiRg  MaGhincry, 

Principal  Office  and  Manufactory,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Incorporated  1863.  Wareroom,  109  Liberty  Street,  New  York- 


86  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    J^IRECTORV. 

Tk  Ho  itiiis  (I  Aicii  iaiiiifacliiiif;  Ciiiii  laiii, 

MANUFACTURERS     OF    THK 

Blue  Jacket,   XL,    Army    44    and    45    Calibre, 
Double  Action  and  Automatic  38  and  32 

Revolvers,  Shot  Guns, 

AND    RIKLKS, 

132  Franklin  St.,       -        Norwich,  Conn. 

OFFICERS  : 
U.  A,  BRIGGS,   Pres't.     JOHN  E.  WARNER,  Sec'y.     C.  W.  HOPKINS,  Treas. 


Depot :  Merwin,  Halbert  &  Co.,  26  W.  m  St,,  New  York. 

The  Allen  Spool  sprinting  Co., 

MANUFACTURERS  AND  PRINTERS  OF 

Spools  and 

Braid  Rolls, 

COTTON  ROLLS  AND  NOVELTIES, 

132  Franklin  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 


NORWKH,    CON\.,    BUSINESS    DtRF.CTORV.  87 

THE  OSSAWAN  MILLS  CO., 

MANUFACTUREKS    OF 

Braided  and  Twisted  Worsted,  Silk,  Cotton, 
Also,  the  Crown  Solid  Braided  Cords^ 

NORWICH,    CONN. 


RICHARD    F.    GOODWIN, 

Successor  to  Goodwin  Sc  Parker,  Manufacturer  of 

MACHINE-CUT  CORKS 

OF     EVERY     DESCRIPTION. 

SPECIALTIES-Cork  Washers  and  Sliced  Cork. 
nsrorR-wiGEC,  consrisr. 

ANSEL    CLARK, 

MANUFACTURER  OF  THE 

Avery  Low  Pressure^^^. 

*     Improved  Steam  Heater. 

This  Heater  is  the  luost  eeiiiKiiiiiciil  Steaiii    Heater  luaiie  or  ii^ed. 
It  will  heat  a  greater  area,  with  lens  I'uel,  tliaii  <>th»'rs  of  greater  <'a|iaeit.v. 
TeNtiiuonials   and  I'riee   l.ist  fiiriii>he(l  upon  application. 

.A.IjSO, 

COWraACTOB  att4  SUIl-DER, 

stone,  Slate,  Brick,  Cement,  Lime,  Planter,  Hair,  Fire  Jirirk 
and  Clay,  Beach  Stiiul,  Drain  I'ifte,  S/n-af/iint/  /'a/xr,  Ai\, 

AT  wiroLKSAi.i:  AM>  iii:i\iii.. 

Prompt  attention  to  orders  for  MASON  WORK  of  all 
kinds  and  SLATE  ROOFING. 

Telephone,  13  Water  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 


88  NORWICH,    CONN.,    I'.USINF.SS    DIRECTORY. 

A.    T.   CONVERSE, 

Office,  Warehouse  and  Wharf,  23  Commerce  St., 
NORWICH,    CONN., 

Blast  Furnace  and  Rolling  Mill    Products, 

INCLUDING 

Most  Approved  Brands  of  Foundry  Pig  Iron, 

Special  Grades  of  Puddled  Bar  Iron, 

Galvanized  and  Black  Sheet  Iron, 

Warranted  Best  Cast  and  Machinery  Steel, 

Rolled  Iron    Beams   and    Shapes  for  Structural 
Purposes, 

Finished  Shafting  and  Machinery  for  Transmis- 
sion of  Povy^er, 

Etc.,  Etc. 

Machinist  and  Engineer. 

All  kinds  of  General  Machine  Worli,  Jobbing  |  Repairing. 

SPECIALTIES— Cork  Machinery,  Laundry  Machinery,  and  Steam 
Engine  Repairing. 

Expert  Mechanical  and  Indicator  Work  Solicited. 

No.  22  FERRY  STREET,  -        -  NORWICH,  CONN. 

BREWSTER  &  BURNETT, 

STOVES,  TIN  WARE,  AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS, 

SEEDS,  STOCKBRIDGE  FERTILIZERS  OF  ALL  KINDS. 

Sole  Agents  for  the "  Good  News"  and "  Magee "  Ranges,  and  Magee  Goods 

Ok    All    Kir^DS. 

Tin  Roofing  and  General  Jobbing,  Sheet  Iron  and  Copper  Workers. 

t)  and  11   Water  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 


NORWK  H,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY.  89 

NORWICH  IRON  FOUNDRY, 

i;STAJ5LISHlil>  1«.^>4, 

A.  H.  VAUGHN  &  SONS,  Proprietors, 

Nos.  11  to  25  Ferry  Street,  Norwich,  Ct., 

CASTINGS,  OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION, 

JFURINISHEI^     I?I10311^TLY. 

PAXXERNS     MADE    TO    Ok]3K1^. 

The  Sibley  Machine  Company, 

MANUI  ACii:UKK.S     OF 

Paper  Making  Machinery, 

Paper  Engines,  Dusters  ;   Ra^,  Rope  and  Pajier  Cutters  ;   Roll  15ais  .iml  Ik-tl  Plates. 

Also,  Cotton  and  Wool   .Machinery,  Mill  Gearing,  Shafting,  Pulleys  and 

Hangers,  Reed  and  Rowen's  Combined  Upsetter  Shear  and  Punch. 

[.   1!.  West's  .American  Tire  Setter. 

JOBBING    OF    ALL    KINDS-      CASTINGS    AT    SHORT    NOTICE. 

Agents  for  Hunt's  1 5oul>le=A.otin}j:  Turhii^e  Wtittsr  Wlie'i,-!. 

Telephone  Connection.  /•*>*-?  Fmnldhi  St.,   Xonrir/i,  Conn. 

NORWICH  BELT  MANUFACTURING  CO., 

TANNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Superior  Oak  Leather  Belting 

Dealers  in  Saddlery  and  Mill  Supplies. 

Rubber  and  Cotton  Belting, 

Rubber,  Cotton  and  Linen  Hose, 
Rubber  and  Oiled  Clothing, 
Leather  of  all  kinds, 

Horse  Blankets,  Robes,  Whips,  Hides,  Pelts  and  Skins. 

35  "Water  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Western  Department,  :$;{  Koi-tli  ChiihI  .Strct-t.  <iii<'aK<><  IH. 


90  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIREC'IORY. 


The  Ricliinond  Stove  Company, 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED 

Richmond  Ranges, 
Richmond  Stoves, 

Richmond  Furnaces, 

Richmond  Victor  Steam  Heaters. 

OFFICE  AND  FOUNDRY, 

Nos.   120  to   170  Thames  Street, 
NORWICH,  CONN. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


r^)  T^'i  Ws^.  (•^\  ^ 


5\\  ^r^\  f^  'sif>pi      fy^  wwt  f^\  !^^  , 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 


h:  .A.  m)  "VvT  .^^  I?,  E 


AND 


House-Furnishing  Goods, 

33  and  37  Shetucket  Street  and  162  Water  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 
-:-    Oldest  Hardware  House  in  New  London  County.    -:- 

A.    W.    PRENTICE    &l    CO., 

JOBBERS  AND  RETAILERS  OF 

Hardware,    Cordage,   Cutlery, 

Mill  Supplies,  Machinists'  Tools,   Carpenters', 
Carriage  Makers'  and  Blacksmiths'  Materials, 

ELECTRIC  BELLS,  GAS  LIGHTERS  AND  SUPPLIES, 

Fire  Arms,  Ammunition,  Fishing  Tackle,  &c. 

Agents  for  Howe's  Scales,  Hoyt's  Belting,  Dupont's  Celebrated  Gunpowder, 
and  Miner's  Friend  Dynamite. 

3,  5  and  7  Commerce  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

AMOS  W.  PRENTICE.  LUTHER  S.   EATON. 

J'0MWF^  MAMMrQW'&  CO'., 


DKAI.KKS     IN 


Stoves,  Furnaces,  Ranges, 

Seeds,  Farm  Implements,  and  Fertilizers, 

No.  15  Water  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

John  P.  Barstow.  I- rank  II.  Smith.  George  S.   Bylos. 


p2  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 

ESX.A.BLISIlEr)     1843. 


L  W.  CARROLL  &  SON, 

Commission   Merchants, 


AND     DEALERS     IN 


WOOL,  COTTON, 

Manufacturers'  Supplies,  Dye  Stuffs,  Acids, 

BURLAPS,  TWINES,  STARCH, 

Paints,  Oils,  Glass,  &c. 

Nos.  17,  19  and  31  Water  St.,  Norwich,  Ct, 

CHARLES  OSGOOD  &  CO., 

WHOLESALE  DRUGSISTS 


AND     DEALERS     IN 


Patent  Medicines, 

Masury's  Railroad  Colors, 
White  Lead, 

Painter's  Supplies, 

KEROSENE  OIL,  CHIMNEYS  AND  BURNERS. 


PROPRIETORS     OF 


OSGOOD'S  STEAMBOAT  OIL-Water  White--150°  Test, 

45  and  47  Commerce  St.,  Norwich,  Ct. 


NORWICH,    C()N\.,    F'.rSINESS   DIRECTORY.  93 

LEE  &  OSGOOD, 

WHOLESALE     AND     RETAIL 

DRUGGISTS, 

129,   131  and   133  Main  Street,  and   1  50  and 
152  Water  Street,  Norwich,  Conn., 

DEALERS     IN 

Kerosene  Oil, 

Chemicals, 

Acids, 

Paints, 

Oils, 
Varnishes, 

Window  Glass, 

Brushes, 

Popular  Patent  Medicines 


AND 


Mineral  Spring  Waters, 


94  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS   DIRECTORY. 


TGstablished    1860. 


Duggan's  Pharmacy, 

50  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

We  offer  to   I    bysicians   and    \\)e     I    ublic    i\)e    services    of 
careful   and   competent   olpotpecanes. 

John     Pvl.     Brewer, 

Dealer  in  Drugs,  Medicines,  Clieniicals, 

Fine  Toilet  Soaps,  Brushes,  Combs,  Perfumery, 

AND  FANCY  TOILET  ARTICLES  IN  GREAT  VARIETY. 

Physician's  Prescriptions  accurately  compoiinded. 

BURRILL   A.    HERRICK, 

Waursgan  House  PbarmaGy, 

Komer  Broadway  and  Main  St.,  Norwicl],  2onn. 
RURK  Drugs.  Low  Rricks. 

N.    DOUGLAS    SEVIN, 

Druggist,  Dispensing  Chemist. 

Wholesale  and  Met  ail    Dealer    in    Chemicals,    Patent   Medi- 
cines,  Perfutner]/,  Fine  Wines  and  Liquors, 

Brushes,  Combs,  Soaps,  Chamois  Skins,  Sponges,  Trusses,  Mineral  Waters, 
Champagne,  London  Porter,  Scotch  Ale. 

Special  attention  given  to  the  proper  application  of  Trusses,  Supporters, 
Klastic  Hose.  &c. 

lis    !M!a.iTL    Street,    !Nor\ricli,    Conn. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY.  95 

B.    P.    LEARNED, 

INSURANCE  in  all  tranches 

BONDS  OF  INDEMNITY  for  Employers,  Exeoutors,  Aeent8,  TruHtees,  &c. 

FOREIGN  DRAFTS  aiul  LETTERS  OF  CREDIT. 

VALUABLE  PACKAGES  by  Registered  Post  or  ExpreHH,  Insured 

at  Low  Rates  of  Premium. 

Office,   20   Shetucket   Street,  over  Thames   National    Bank. 

JOHN   F.   PARKER, 

FIRE  AND  MARINE 

INSURANCE  AGENCY 

Room  No.  3  Chelsea  Savings  Bank  Building, 
Shetucket  St.,  Norwich,  Ct. 

Telephone  Connection. 

J.   F.    WILLIAMS  &  SON, 

Fire  and  Marine  Insurance, 

91   MAIN  STREET,  NORVVJCH,  CONxN. 

REPRESENTING  THE  OLDEST  AND  MOST  RELIABLE  STOCK  AND  MUTUAL 
^COMPANIES,  INCLUDING  THE 

SUN  FIRE  OFFICE.  OF  LONDON. 

THE  OLDEST  FIRE  INSURAXC  K  COMPANY  IN  THE  WORLD. 
J.  1'.  Williams.  L.  H.  Williams. 

A.   IRVING  ROYCE, 

-:-FIRE  INSURANCE-:- 

Office,  over  Thames  National  Bank,  Shetucket  Street,  Nonyich,  Koijd. 

Companies  Represented:  Phanix,  Hartford  ;  Meriden,  Merideii  ;  Teoples,  Mid- 
dletown  ;  Security,  New  Haven  ;  German  American,  N.  V.  ;  Niagara,  N.  V.  •, 
Continental,  N.  Y.  ;  Commercial  Union,  London  ;  London  Assurance,  Lon- 
don ;  Liverpool  and  London  and  Globe. 


g6  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORV. 

EDWARD  CHAPPELL  &  CO.. 

LUMBER  AND  COAL, 

WHOLESALE    AND     l-iETAIL. 

J:LZ'iZn.  46  to  76  W.  Main  St.,  Central  Wharf,  Monnich,  Ct. 

JEWETT    BROTHERS, 

rACKAWANNA  CO  AL"™iZI 


Yard,  58  Thames  St,    Branch  Office,  154  Main  St, 


E.  D.  HARRIS, 


DEALEK     IN 


Anthracite  1  Bituminous  Coal. 

Offices,  28  Broadway  and  449  N.  Main  St.,  Norwich,  Ct. 

Telephioaae    Connections. 

SETH    L.    PECK, 

fflASON'S  BUILDING  MATERIALS. 

BRICK,  CEMENT  AND  STONE. 

LIME  FOR  BUILDING,  BLEACHING  AND  PAPER  MAKING  PURPOSES. 

Sewer   Pipe—Akron  and  Cement.  Sheathing  Paper^  Slc. 
Central  Wtiarf,  =  Norx\-icti,  Cooii, 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


97 


N.  S.  GILBERT  &  SONS, 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 


Furniture,     Carpets, 
Wall   Papers, 

137  &»    141    Mniii   St.,   Xorwicli,    Ct. 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

FURNITURE,  OIL  CLOTHS  and  CARPETS. 

Also,  Furnishing  Undertakers. 

Furniture  and  Mattresses  Re-upholstered  and  Made  to  Order. 

Nos.  37  and  4  I  Main  St.,  I>of/fe's  lifock.  Xorwicli. 

jftL-  yxr,  x>ic3X3C3gs^sr, 

DEALER     IN 

KXJRNI  T  IIRB, 

FEATHERS,  MATTRESSES,  MIRRORS,  &c., 

26  and  28  Broadway.         -         Norwich,  Conn. 


SOI. I';     A<iK>'T     F<U{ 

Chickerin^  &  Sons'  Pianos,  and  Loring  &  Blake's  Organs. 


Also,  I'ianos  of  several  other  reliable  makers  coiisLanlly  in  slock,  ami  sold  for 

cash  or  installments,  or  rented  on  favorable  Icrnis.      Also,  a  laro;e  stork  of 

Carpets,  Oil  Cloths.  Rugs,  Mats,  Mattings,  Paper  Hangings,  Curtains,  Borders 

K.     W.     YKl^l^INOTON,     K^O     M.iiu     iSi. 

7 


98  N<^RW1CH,    CONN.,    HUS1NESS    DlREC'rORY. 

robertIbrown, 

SteaniandGasFitterandPlufflber. 

AGENT  FOR  GORTON  STEAM  HEATERS. 

BRASS    CASTINGS. 

Pequot  Building,  Central  Wharf,  Norwich,  Conn. 

STEAM,  GAS  FITTER  AND  PLUMBER, 

BRASS  FOUNDER  AND  COPPERSMITH, 

Dealer  in   Wrought  iron    Pipe,    Fittings, 
Valves,  Engineers'  Supplies,  SiC, 

24  Ferry  Street,  =  IMorwich,  Conn. 

Manufacturers  of  Harness, 

Collars,  Halters,  &c. 

Junction  Water  and  Commerce  Sts.,  Norwich,  Conn. 


ESTjft.BLISIIEr)     1841. 


MANUFACTURKK     OF 


AND     DKALEK     IN 


Trunks,  Traveling  Bags,  Valises,  Blankets,  Whips,  Saddles, 

CARRIAGE     ROKES,     fi-c, 
213  Main  Street,  Franklin  Square,  Norwich,  Ct. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    UlkEC'lORV.  99 

NoYBs  ^  13a\  IS, 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 


BOOKS,  STATIONERY, 

Artists'  Materials  and  Ptiotograpliic  Supplies, 

152  and  154  Main  Street,         -         Norwich,  Conn. 

Books,  Stationery,  Artists'  Materials, 

WINDOW  SHADES  AND  PAPER  HANGINGS, 

Wliolejsole     c'liicl     Retiiil. 
Next  Door  to  Post  Office,     -     Norwich,  Conn. 

Established,    in.    1«40. 

B.  T.  CRANSTON.  W.  R.   I..  CRANSTON.  I  .   H.  I  RANSTON. 

(Formerly  M.  Snfford  .f-  Co.)  Johlxrs  ami  lictaihrs. 

Bool(sellers,  Stationers  and  News  Dealers, 

Artists'  Materials  and  Photographic  Outfits  and  Supplies. 

Telephone  Connection.  ^•><'»"  Main  street,  yonrich.  Conn. 

gHAS.    E.    6HANDLER, 

61VIL  Engineer  and  8urvey0r. 

161     Mam   St.,   cor.    Sl^etucbet,    Norwicb,    Conn, 
fiouse  Drainage  ai?d  Sewerage  a  Specialty, 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


Clothing,  Hats,  Caps, 

AND    FURNISHING    GOODS 

Of  the  reliable  Combination  Clothiers, 

K.     A.     WKLLS     &>     CO., 

84     IVlain     Street,     Nor^vicli,     Ct. 

Boston  &  Norwich  Clothing  Co., 

49  Main  Street,  Norwicli,  Conn., 

DEALERS  IN 

™^™    CLOTHING. 


MEDIOH   GRADE 


HISLOP,  PORTEOOS  A  MITCHELL, 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

Dry  and  Fancy  Goods, 

93  and  95  Main  Street, 

Wholesale  Entrances,   1  OO  to   110  Water  St., 
NORWICH,  CONN. 


BRANCH  HOUSES--New  London,  Conn.;  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  Auburn,  N.  Y.; 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


THE  BOSTOII  STORE,  Reid  &  Hughes, 

DRY  AND  FANCY  GOODS, 

Wliolesale    and     Retail, 
193  to  201    Main   Street,  Norwich,  Ct. 

DEALER  IN 

Ladies'  Dress  and  Wrap  Trimniiiigs,  Hosiery,  Kid  Gloves, 

ARTISTIC  EMBROIDERIES  AND  EMBROIDERY  MATERIALS, 

157  Main  and   19  Shetucket  Streets,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Summer  Branch,  "The  Bazaar,"  at  Watch  Hill,  R.  I. 

C.  C.  BLISS, 


i«ics,y»s,j 


) 


a 


1 26  Main  St.,  Norwich,  Ct. 

A.   B.    KINGSBURY, 
WATCHES,  DIAMONDS,  JEWELRY,   PLATED  WARE, 

Spectacles  and  Eye  Glasses. 

I  sell  all  makes  of  Anil' ric(fn  IVatcfns,  and  am  Special  Agent 
for  The  F.  A.  Jioyers  Silrer  Co, 

Cor.  Broacixvay  and  NIain    St.,  MorwMcli. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRKCTORY. 


Franklin  Steam  Mills, 

ESTABLISHED    1846. 

GEO.     S.     SMia^H,     Proprietor, 

ANU     DKALEK    IN 

Green  and  Roasted  Coffees,  Spices,  Mustard,  Cream  Tartar 

and  Extracts.    A  FULL  LINE  OF  FINE  TEAS. 

Sole  Manufacturer  of  Palmer's  Celebrated  Dandelion  Coffee. 
11 — 13  Commerce  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 

Teas,  Coffees,  Spices 

Mfrs.  of  Coffee  Preparations  from  Cereals. 

58  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn.     . 

JOBBER    IN 

TEAS,  COFFEES,  SPICES 

MUSTARD,  CREAM   TARTAR,  &c. 
A    FULL    LINE    OF    TOBACCO    AND    CIGARS. 

81   Water  Street,  ISTorxvidTi,  Coi^in. 

Estate  of  WILLIAM  SPRAGUE, 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALER  IN 

Silver  Plated  and  Britannia  Ware  and  House  Furnishing  Goods, 

145  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


A.  D.  SmiTH.  JO.S.  W.  GILBEKT. 

SMITH  &  GILBERT, 

Merchant  Tailors 

AM)- 

MEN'S  FINE  FURNISHINGS. 

140    Nlaiii     Street,        =        IMorwich,  Conn. 


(^^yied-   6/^    ^^^)<^'9^, 


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CURRIER    BROTHERS, 

-:Merchant  Tailors,:- 

DEALERS    IN 

Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing, 

No.  207  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

HATTER,  FURRIER  &  MEN'S  FURNISHER 

Has  on   hand  a  complete   line  of  the  above  goods,  at  reasonable 
prices.      Fur  repairing  and   storing  a  specialty. 

None  1)1  It  Kirst-Clo««  Ooocl^^  s;<)kl. 

A    PLEASURE    TO    SHOW    GOODS. 
13     Lirouclwov,     X<  )r\\  i<.M  V,     t^Oiiii. 


I04  NORWICH,    CONN.,    I'.USINESS    DIKKCTORV. 

GEO,  W.  KIES  &  CO., 


Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 


Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers, 

80  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn.,  directly  opposite  Post  Office. 

GEO.  W.  KIES.  JAMES  L.  COFFEE. 


ESTABLISHED     1847. 

Dealer  in  Ladies',  Misses'  and  Cliildren's  Slioes,  and  Men's  and  Boys' 
BOOTS  AND  SHOES  of  all  grades, 

E.    C.    BURT    $c    GO'S    GOODS    FOR    LADIES, 
HATHAWAY,  SOULE  &  HARKINGTON'S  GOODS  FOR  MEN  AND  BOYS. 

Also,  LEATHER  AND  SHOE  FINDINGS,  AND  HARNESS   LEATHER. 
No.   1  8  Franklin  Square,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Boots,    Shoes    and    Rubbers. 

Oi4r  goods  are  bargains  in  quality  and  price.     We   warrant 
every  pair  of  shoes  we  sell.      Gents.,  ask  for 

Every  pair  cut  front  extra  fine  tannery  calf  Skins. 
No.  134  Main  Street,         -       -        Norwich,  Conn. 

bootsj«lshoes. 

Fine     Goods    a     Specialty. 

We  keep  in  stock  everything  that  can  he  found   in    a   J^'irst- 
Class  Boot  and  Shoe  Store. 

OUR  MOTTO— Best  Value  given  every  time  for  the  Money. 

JAS.  F,  COSGROVE  &  CO.,  206  Main  St.,  Norwich,  Conn, 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


Konfectionery  MaRufaGtiirer, 

The  Largest  Confectionery  Estahlishtnent  in  the  state. 

Assortment  pmbracing  every  variety  of  Sandies  known  to  the  trade. 

Perkins  Block,  Main  Street,  —  Norwich,  Conn 

CONNECTICUT  POP  CORN  CO., 

Maniffacfurers  of  J'op  Corn  and  Corn  Cahcs  in  all  the  jiop- 
nlar  forms  and  /favors  ;  also,  of 

CHIOIOE      COISr:FEOTIO:N'EI^"Y', 

in  every  desiraitle  flavor  and  sliape,  and  nut  and  fruit 

combinations  to  meet  the  puftlic  demand, 

n  HOLES  ALE  AND  liETAIL, 

Our  prices  are  always  the  lowest  market  prices  for  the  grade  of  goods  offered. 

Orders  by  telc^^raph,  mail  or  telephone  promptly  filled. 

C.  H.  NOYES,  Agent.    Ofllce,  88  Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn, 

Real     Estate     Office. 

Experience,     rfeatural    ©act,    Monon    and    Qnterpnse 
9as     won     tr)e      ISonner     for     this     olc^ency. 

H.  F.  PALMER.  45  Main  St..  Norwicli,  Ct. 


N.    TARRANT, 

REAL  ESTATE  AGENT 

KST^VBl^lSI-IKi:)    1S70. 

45  Main  Street,    -     Norwich,  Conn. 


Io6  NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 

Woodworth  &»  Small, 

DRUGS,  CHEMICALS 

PAINTS,  OILS,  WINDOW  GLASS. 

Agents   for    H.  W.  John's    Liquid    Paint. 

NORWICH,     CONN. 

THE  S.  F.  BEER  CO., 

C.  B.  HARBIN GTON,  Proprietor, 

Manufacturers  of  GROCERS'  SUPPLIES, 

AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN  VINEGAR, 

1  7  Commerce  Street,        -         Norwich,  Conn. 

Manufacturer  and  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in 

Imported  Havana  and  Domestic  Cigars, 

Tobacco,  Pipes,  Snuff  and  Smokers'  Articles  generally. 

1  10  Main  Street,  Norwich,  Conn. 

J.M.  HUNTINGTON  &  CO., 

Importers    of   Molasses, 

AND 
General  Shipping  and  Commission  Merchants. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY 


ARMOUR   &-  CO., 

IX 


Oiiaii  lli'Kseil  Be 

0 


"I 


ill 


-      0  ^ 


Foot  of  Ferry  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

WINTERS,  SV7IFT  &  CO., 


WHOLKSAI.K     I>KAI.KKS     IN 


SWIFT'S  CHICAGO  DRESSED  BEEF 

LAMB,  MUTTON,  PORK,  TONGUES  AND  TRIPE, 

Sales  Room  and  Office,  opposite  N.  L.  N.  R.  R.  Depot,  Norwich,  Conn. 

CASE    &    FULLER, 


WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 


Flour,  Groceries,  Butter,  Cheese 

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits, 

Nos,  45  to  itl    Water  Street,  -  -  JVornic/t,  Conn. 

Wholesale  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Fruits, 

>^NO     COMMISSIOX     MKKCII.VXr. 
FINEST  on  ADES  BUTT  Eli  AND   CHEESE. 

Burlaps,  Starch,  Bale  Rope,  and  Mill  Supplies  to  order  a  spefially. 
No.     .^1      Water    Street,        =        -        Norwitli,     L(>iiii 
Telephone    Comiieotiori. 


lO.S  NORWICH,    CONN.,    15USINESS    DIRRCTORV. 

DEALER    IN 

CHOICE  FAMILY  GROCERIES, 

Always  on  hand,  a  full  line  of  Slioice  dreamery  Butter. 
Sole  Agent  in  Norwich  for  the "  VIENNA  HAXALL,"  Choice  Red  River  Flour. 

4  Main  Street,  (Breed  Hall)  Norwich,  Conn. 

DEALER  IN  FINE  GROCERIES,  FLOUR  OF  ALL  GRADES, 

Selected  Teas,  Pure  Coffees  and  Spices. 

Butter  and  Cheese,  from  best  Vermont  and  New  York  Dairies. 

Choice  Syrup  and  Molasses,  Foreign  and   Domestic   Fruits, 
C'amted  Fruits  in  variety. 

Also,  a  complete  assortment  of  Goods  usually  kept  in  a  First-Class  Store. 
Goods  delivered  promptly,  free  of  expense. 

"VST",  h:.  OA.i^r)"w^Ei_,ij, 

Wlolesale  anfl  Betall  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Provisions,  Flonr, 

CANNED    GOODS,  &;c., 

Nos.  3  to  9  3IAIiKET  STBEET,  NORWICH,  CONN. 

Highly  important  it  is  that  new-comei's  to  our  city  should  know  that  "W.  H. 

CARDWELL.,    Nos.    3  to  9  Market  Street,  is  one    of    its    live     grocers. 

This  means  business,  and  that  is  its  length,  breadth  and  thickness. 

F.     L.    GARDNER, 

DEALER    IN      - 

FINE  -^  mum%  ^  AND  ^  TEAS, 

Provisions,  Flour,  Grain,  Fruit,  Wooden  Ware,  &c., 

Corner  Market  and  Water  Streets,       -       Norwich,  Conn. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


109 


Dealer  in  Groceries,  Flour,  Fruit, 

AND     AN     ASSORTMENT    OF 

Cannbo    Goons, 

26  1    Main  Street,         -         -         Norwich,  Conn. 

H.   D.  RALLION, 

No.  10  Broadway,  Norwich,  Conn. 
Fine  Goods  a  Specialty. 

ESTABLISHED     IX     18G8. 

JOHN    F.   SEVIN, 


DEALER    IN 


u 


racMies.PifiiiisiiiiilliiiiliM'Siiliiiiis 

190  and  1»2  Kast  Broad  Street,  Norwioli,  Coim. 


O.   H.    Kb:vNOi.i)s, 

-:-  Hack,  Livery  and  Boarding  Stable,  -:- 

Nos.  55,  57  and  59  Shetucket  St.,  Norwich,  Ct. 

Carriages  furnished  for  Funerals,  Parties  and  Weddings. 

Orders  by  Telcgrap/i,  Telephone  or  Mail,  prom  pthi  nitindnl  to. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS    DIRECTORY. 


PAGE  STEAM  HEATING  CO. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  THE 

Page  Low  Pressure 


Steam  Boiler. 


ALSO, 

Standard   Hot  Water  Heater, 

Correspondence     Solicited. 

Address  W.  C.  MOWRY,  Treas.,  Lock  Box  1163,  Norwich,  Conn. 

THE  NORWICH  MALT  CO., 

10  to  20  WEST  MAIN  STREET. 

INCORPORATED  1886- 


ANDREW  WIGGIN,  President  and   General  3Ianager. 
JOHN  W.  FREE,  Vice  President. 

J.  R.  COaiSTOCK,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


The  only  place  in  the  United  States  where  MALT  is  now  made  by 
continuous  niE'.lting,  by 

MacMnery  under  Patents  owned  by  JOHN  W.  FREE. 

Brewers,  Maltsters,  and  others  interested  in  improvements 
are  invited  to  call  and  examine   the    process   of  manu- 
facturing.   Samples  sent  to  any  part  of  the 
country  on  application. 


NORWICH,    CONN.,    BUSINESS   DIRECTORY. 


J.  P.  COLLINS  &  CO., 

BUILDERS    OF 

Turtine  Water  Wheels, 

Both  Horizontal  and  Vertical,  together  with 
Heavy  Connecting  Machinery. 

The  "CRANSTON" 

PRINTING  PRESSES. 

Printers,  Publishers    and    Stationers    contem- 
plating purchase  of  a  Cylinder  Printing 
Press  are  invited  to  investigate  the 
merits  of  the  "Cranston." 

IT  IS  IN  EVERY  RESPECT  A  SUPERIOR  PRESS. 

—EVERY  REASONABLE  GUARANTEE  GIVEN  WITH  IT. 

Catalogue,  Price  List  and  full   information   furnished   |)roni[)tly   upon 
application  to  the  manufacturer, 

J.  H.  CRANSTON,      -      Norwich,  Conn. 


0ny  furtl^er  information  il;at  may  be  desired  concern- 
ina  i\)e  Pacllities  to  be  obtained  for  [I ianutacturmp, 
PHecijanical  or  transportation  Purposes  vvill  be  cheer- 
fully furnisbed  by  addressina  t[;e  Oorrespondmg  Secretary 
of    tl^e     Rorwicb     Board     of    ^rade, 

H.  H.  Qallup, 

KorwicI;,    Conn. 


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